Art and fashion they are two engaging and fascinating worlds which, although strong in their respective identities, have often met and mixed, giving life to one-of-a-kind projects. Especially in recent decades, the world of luxury has chosen to give space to the visions of great protagonists of the international artistic panorama to realize different capsule collection lucky enough to become iconic.
Own in recent days we have returned to talking about one of the most famous partnerships between a fashion brand and an artistand of a new chapter probably on the way. This is the combo between the Japanese Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton, maison which has a long collaboration with the artist and with many other names in contemporary art and which, although official confirmation is still missing, seems to be on the verge of launching a new collection of accessories at the beginning of 2025.
Waiting to know if a new series Murakami will be there, we thought we’d take a little trip back in time to review what have been the most relevant collaborations of the last decades. Why the union between fashion and art is certainly nothing newbut a story that has been repeating itself for a long time with multiple facets. The first traces can already be found in the 1930s, with the dress born from the union of two great minds: that of Elsa Schiaparelli and that of Salvador Dali.
Pieces created ad hocreal works or reinterpretations of symbolic objects of a brand, as in the case of Murakami and his Monogram LV by Louis Vuitton reproduced in color and version camouflagewhich we want to tell you about closely. Before we fall in love with yet another capsules of artist, let’s take a look at those collections that have made the history of fashion and, at least a little, of art too.
Damien Hirst for Alexander McQueen
The collaboration between Alexander McQueen and Damien Hirstone of the most popular contemporary artists, was born by merging a common imagination and transposing it onto one of the brand’s cult pieces. Let’s talk about skull scarfthe famous scarf with printed skulls revisited for the occasion by someone who knows a lot about skulls: Hirst is in fact the author of the work that boasts the highest selling price (50 million pounds) that has ever been paid for a living artist. It’s about For the Love of Goda sculpture in the shape – obviously – of a human skull made of platinum and covered with 8,601.
Sterling Ruby for Raf Simons
In 2014 Raf Simonsat the helm of his own brand, decided to create an Autumn-Winter collection together with the multifaceted American artist Sterling Ruby, also sharing the final release with him. Not a new name for Simons: for his debut at Dior in fact, the Belgian designer actually chose a Sterling print to decorate one of the dresses on the catwalk.
Christophe Chemin for Prada
The bond of Miuccia Prada with art, a universe that it promotes and supports through its projects on behalf of the Prada Foundation and beyond, it is something known to everyone and every fashion show only reminds us of it through artistic installations and beyond. In 2016 the artist Christophe Chemin created exclusive prints, present on the garments of the men’s and women’s collections, representing a still life, Cleopatra kissing a sailor, a Noah’s ark, using different techniques.
KAWS for Dior Homme
Dior’s interest in art has led the house to collaborate on numerous initiatives with contemporary international artists, from Banksy to KAWSthe American Briand Donnelly, famous for his sculptures and drawings with a pop soul. With Dior Hommeunder the guidance of Kim Jones, Donnelly created two capsules, in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Tracey Emin for Longchamp
The bag Le Pliage of Longchamp it is a true artist’s canvas that has undergone many transformations over the years. One of the most impactful was the one born at the hands of Tracey Emina British artist known for her confessional and autobiographical works who was the second English female artist to present a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale. The bags created by her in 2004, to celebrate the decade since the launch of this model, featured embroidered writings and numbers and patchwork of different fabrics.
Murakami, Koons, Kusama: all the artists for Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton is perhaps the brand that boasts the greatest number of collections in the artistic field. None other than the greatest living contemporary artists have passed through the offices of the Parisian giant and its unmistakable Speedy bags, revisited from time to time. And not only that, if we count the tribute collection to Stephen Sprouse created by Marc Jacobs to celebrate the artist who passed away prematurely, known for his graffiti-style writings and drawings or the one created by Jeff Koons – who is simply the most quoted contemporary artist in the world – using the great works of Da Vinci, Monet, Gaugin, Manet and Van Gogh (just to name a few).
Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, Yayoi Kusama and indeed Jeff Koons, have revisited the great icons of maison in their own way, transforming them into true collector’s items. Or, better said, in authentic works of art.
Source: Vanity Fair
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