Context:

Pharrell Williams, the creative director of Louis Vuitton men’s fashion and a co-chair for the Met Gala 2025, hosted a unique Uno tournament to unwind after the event. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the evening featured cocktails, dancing, and merrymaking without the usual paparazzi frenzy. Attendees included celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Ciara, and Jaden Smith, who competed for extravagant prizes such as a Richard Mille watch and Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings. Aris Rachevsky emerged victorious, selecting the Richard Mille watch as his prize. Following the tournament, guests continued the festivities in a nightclub setting where Savannah James held her own after-hours party.

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• Pharrell Williams, known for his role as Louis Vuitton men's creative director, organized an Uno tournament as an after-party event following the 2025 Met Gala, where he also served as a co-chair alongside his wife, Helen Lasichanh.

• The event took place at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and offered a more intimate and relaxed atmosphere compared to other after-parties in Manhattan, with cocktails and dancing but without the typical paparazzi chaos.

• Participants in the tournament had the chance to win luxurious prizes, including a Richard Mille watch, Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings, a Louis Vuitton trunk, or a custom varsity jacket designed by Pharrell himself.

• Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, La La Anthony, Ciara, Halle Bailey, and Jaden Smith were among the notable attendees, adding to the star-studded nature of the event.

• Aris Rachevsky won the tournament around 2:30 a.m., choosing the Richard Mille watch as his prize, amid enthusiastic applause from the crowd.

• Nami Nori co-founder Jihan Lee highlighted the nostalgic and fun aspect of playing Uno, noting how it brings out the child in everyone and recalling a similar tournament after a Louis Vuitton show in January.

• Following the tournament, guests moved through a restaurant kitchen and down a stairwell into a nightclub where Savannah James hosted an additional after-hours party, extending the evening's festivities.

• Pharrell Williams found a unique way to unwind after the 2025 Met Gala!

• The 52-year-old Louis Vuitton men’s creative director, who was a co-chair for the evening, held an intimate evening centered around an Uno tournament following his attendance at the gala alongside wife Helen Lasichanh on Monday evening (May 5), which was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

• Vogue notes that there were “cocktails, a bit of dancing, and the usual merrymaking, though none of the paparazzi crush or nightclub chaos found at the other 16 (!) after-parties unfolding across Manhattan.”

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• Winners could walk away with one of four extravagant prizes: a Richard Mille watch, Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings, a Louis Vuitton trunk, or a custom varsity jacket designed by Pharrell himself.

• Party attendees included Kim Kardashian, La La Anthony, Ciara, Halle Bailey, Jaden Smith, Pusha T, David Blaine, Adam Mosseri, Eva Chen, and Kai Cenat.

• Aris Rachevsky won around 2:30 a.m., choosing the Richard Mille watch as his prize to roaring applause.

• “The prizes are pretty crazy,” said Nami Nori co-founder Jihan Lee. “I was lucky enough to join the first Uno tournament after the Louis Vuitton show in January, but this is really about re-embracing childhood memories. Playing Uno brings out the child in everyone, and I love to see it.”

• PinkPantheress, Keke Palmer, Karlie Kloss, Craig Reucassel, Jaden Smith, Rika Tischendorf, Babyface, Jonathan Owens, Simone Biles, Future, Maggie Rogers, Guram Gvasalia, and Heidi Klum were among the attendees.

• Guests made their way through the restaurant kitchen and down a back stairwell into the nightclub after the tournament, where Savannah James hosted her own after-hours party.

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