Courtesy of Louis Vuitton Yayoi Kusama window installation at the Louis Vuitton flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City.Louis Vuitton has a long history of collaborating with famed artists—Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami among them. The latest pairing is with 83-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, one of the hottest commodities in the contemporary art scene despite having voluntarily lived in a mental hospital since 1977. The artist has become almost as prolific as her work in recent years thanks to her off-the-grid life, a penchant for electric hued wigs and a momentum for churning out new art that has many comparing Kusama to Andy Warhol (who had been a friend).The collaboration with Louis Vuitton Creative Director Marc Jacobs includes shoes, handbags, shirts, skirts, sunglasses and other accessories all featuring Kusama’s signature dots.In addition, Louis Vuitton unveiled window installations at its flagship Manhattan store on Fifth Avenue yesterday, paying tribute to three of Kusama’s signature motifs: “Beginning of the Universe,” “Eternal Blooming Flowers in My Mind” and “Self Obliteration.” One window features floating flowers, another features a life-size figure of Kusama (Vuitton is also selling dolls in Kusama’s likeness). The store’s façade has also been covered in black dots in homage to Kusama’s work. Similar window installations will be revealed in all 453 Louis Vuitton stores worldwide in the coming weeks.Kusama made her first stateside appearance in over 30 years at the unveiling. In a wheel chair, the artist waved to throngs of onlookers and fans. “I promised myself that one day I would conquer New York and make my name in the world,” she told the crowd. Fittingly Kusama had been a fixture of the New York avant-garde art scene in the 1960s, before moving back to her native Japan in 1973.As for how the collaboration came about, Kusama told Women’s Wear Daily: “Marc Jacobs came to see me in Tokyo in 2006 and he asked me if I wanted to come to the States and do fashion. That sort of encouraged me. At that time, I was writing poems and novels. Fashion has always attracted me.”Outgoing Louis Vuitton CEO Yves Carcelle told Women’s Wear Daily, such projects "tend to be a commercial success because of the strength of the artist and the strength of Vuitton," He continued, “It’s not to put products on shelves.” Past collaborations have sold out swiftly and have been widely copied by counterfeiters.The launch of Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton corresponds with the opening of a retrospective of Kusama’s work at the Whitney Museum of Art, opening July 12th, so let the dot invasion begin.
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viernes, 20 de julio de 2012
Louis Vuitton Unveils Yayoi Kusama Collaboration and Window Installations
Courtesy of Louis Vuitton Yayoi Kusama window installation at the Louis Vuitton flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City.Louis Vuitton has a long history of collaborating with famed artists—Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami among them. The latest pairing is with 83-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, one of the hottest commodities in the contemporary art scene despite having voluntarily lived in a mental hospital since 1977. The artist has become almost as prolific as her work in recent years thanks to her off-the-grid life, a penchant for electric hued wigs and a momentum for churning out new art that has many comparing Kusama to Andy Warhol (who had been a friend).The collaboration with Louis Vuitton Creative Director Marc Jacobs includes shoes, handbags, shirts, skirts, sunglasses and other accessories all featuring Kusama’s signature dots.In addition, Louis Vuitton unveiled window installations at its flagship Manhattan store on Fifth Avenue yesterday, paying tribute to three of Kusama’s signature motifs: “Beginning of the Universe,” “Eternal Blooming Flowers in My Mind” and “Self Obliteration.” One window features floating flowers, another features a life-size figure of Kusama (Vuitton is also selling dolls in Kusama’s likeness). The store’s façade has also been covered in black dots in homage to Kusama’s work. Similar window installations will be revealed in all 453 Louis Vuitton stores worldwide in the coming weeks.Kusama made her first stateside appearance in over 30 years at the unveiling. In a wheel chair, the artist waved to throngs of onlookers and fans. “I promised myself that one day I would conquer New York and make my name in the world,” she told the crowd. Fittingly Kusama had been a fixture of the New York avant-garde art scene in the 1960s, before moving back to her native Japan in 1973.As for how the collaboration came about, Kusama told Women’s Wear Daily: “Marc Jacobs came to see me in Tokyo in 2006 and he asked me if I wanted to come to the States and do fashion. That sort of encouraged me. At that time, I was writing poems and novels. Fashion has always attracted me.”Outgoing Louis Vuitton CEO Yves Carcelle told Women’s Wear Daily, such projects "tend to be a commercial success because of the strength of the artist and the strength of Vuitton," He continued, “It’s not to put products on shelves.” Past collaborations have sold out swiftly and have been widely copied by counterfeiters.The launch of Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton corresponds with the opening of a retrospective of Kusama’s work at the Whitney Museum of Art, opening July 12th, so let the dot invasion begin.
Vanessa Seward and A.P.C. Launch Collaboration With Couture Fabrics
Courtesy of A.P.C. Former Azzaro Creative Director Vanessa Seward has collaborated with French label A.P.C. on a capsule collection for fall. The 15-piece collection includes dresses and a variety of separates. Prices range from $515 for a printed silk shirt to $810 for a lamé tunic. Seward became known during her time at Azzaro for her distinctive take on 1970s glamour, and it’s a cool factor she has brought to this collaboration.“I started out by choosing couture fabrics which could relate to my style," Seward said, "but it was important to keep the collection simple and well cut in the spirit of A.P.C.”Seward, along with A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou, sourced fabrics from the archives of Swiss textile company Soieries Abraham, one of the main fabric suppliers to designers Cristóbal Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent. Seward had worked within the archives during her time at Yves Saint Laurent, when she worked under Tom Ford.“The gold lamé chiffon is a new fabric as before lamés would tend to be thicker and scratch," Seward said of one of the fabrics she chose for the collaboration. "As for the prints, they have such beautiful archives it was difficult to choose. We decided on a navy print and created a red one with them. The brocade came from a vintage 1960s [Jean] Patou dress I had, and when I showed it to them we realized it came from their archives.”The designer hopes women will mix and match these pieces with what they already own.“I attended the cocktail launch in Paris and loved seeing how each client would personalize the pieces—for example, wear the lamé shirt with her own grey faded jeans and a vintage Chanel dark brown tweed jacket,” she said.Working with A.P.C.’s Jean Touitou proved to be a learning experience for Seward, which isn't surprising given that even Kanye West has sought out Touitou's fashion advice. Seward says, “I was amazed at Jean’s knowledge in every stage...from the fabrics…to the details of fit, he has very high standards in regard to production. I also admired his sharp editing of the collection.”A.P.C. & Vanessa Seward is in A.P.C. stores now and online at APC.fr.
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