Monday, December 1, 2008

Louis Vuitton homage to Stephen Sprouse

There's a great article in WWD about the LV/Marc Jacobs homage to Stephen Sprouse. I'm not really a leggings person but for some reason these ones look so fun! I think it's the green because I wasn't super crazy about the monogram graffiti the first time although I do LOVE that Sprouse leopard scarf collabo.

--"To show their admiration for the late designer and artist, next month, Jacobs, Vuitton’s creative director, is using his hit 2001 collaboration with Sprouse for a new, limited edition collection of accessories and ready-to-wear. Jacobs even doffed his duds again, posing in the nude painted in Sprouse’s graffiti for Harper’s Bazaar’s January issue."

--"Jacobs took two iconic Sprouse motifs — the graffiti and the rose — and interpreted them in Day-Glo shades of pink, green and orange over the Monogram print. The motifs are featured on Vuitton’s Keepall, Speedy and Neverfull bag styles, as well as basketball sneaker boots, pumps, sunglasses, headbands and wristbands, and small leather goods like wallets and coin purses. The rtw includes a mackintosh raincoat with a graffiti and monogram lining, graffiti leggings and a long-sleeve neon minidress featuring the rose design."

--“I tried to take what Stephen had done at Vuitton and then kind of flip it in my head, and make it Vuitton’s work for Stephen, not Stephen’s work for Vuitton,” Jacobs said. “I just felt it was a funny way to play with it, to pretend to be Sprouse for a bit, and use the work that he did, and then bring it back to the work that he did before I collaborated with him.”


3 comments:

Taryn said...

Oh I would LOOOVE to have anything from that collection.

Vain and Vapid said...

The monogramed bags look kind of cool. Kind of like LV on acid...

Heather said...

I'm excited, there's something about the neon green that I like. I already stopped by my local LV to get on any kind of preferred list they have.