Sand on the floor of a Parisian university campus. A simulated wave. Dunes built indoors, under chandeliers. And somewhere within this carefully constructed coastal world, a sofa she probably already knows.

For the second consecutive season, Louis Vuitton chose to dress its runway with a piece by Living Divani: the Extrasoft, the modular sofa designed by Piero Lissoni in 2008 and one of the most quietly celebrated objects in contemporary Italian design. The SS27 menswear show was built around surfing as a philosophy of life. Pharrell Williams’ character for the season, the Surfer Dandy, needed a living room as much as a wardrobe. The Extrasoft, with its low profile, its resistance to fixed geometry, its way of adapting to the body rather than demanding posture, is almost a manifesto in upholstered form.

The first collaboration came with the FW26 show, where the sofa appeared inside DROPHAUS, Pharrell’s vision of a future glass house installed at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. This second appearance confirms something more intentional: a dialogue between two brands that share a language of modularity, material precision, and informal luxury.

It is worth remembering what the Extrasoft actually is. The New York Times named it one of the 25 most significant pieces of furniture of the last century. Piero Lissoni, art director of Living Divani since 1988, drew inspiration from the low floor seating of Middle Eastern interiors. The result is something that refuses to perform. It simply sits, and invites you to do the same.

It does not need a fashion show to legitimize it. But it also does not mind the company.