You must
know Stephen
Sprouse. Yes
really you must, how can you not remember those day-glo graffiti printed Louis
Vuitton bags??! That was back in Spring/Summer 2001, the collection was a
triumph and I think I had never seen that many fake Vuitton bags in Cannes that
summer! For the very first time Louis Vuitton's historic monogram had become a
canvas for creative expression and the start of a series of collaborations with
contemporary artists: Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince…
Sprouse traipsed through the
eighties with Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol, brokering the marriage between art,
rock, and fashion. When the New Yorker artist died aged 50 in 2004, Marc Jacobs
paid tribute to him using a leopard print they had created together
(but never issued before) for his AW 06 collection. For this SS09 Mister Jacobs
is celebrating again the work of Sprouse by designing an entire collection
inspired by their collaboration, and which is due to hit stores
on 15th January.
A special
website WeLoveSprouse has been created
- check it out now for more info about the
collaboration.
(c) Louis
Vuitton
Event wise Louis Vuitton
paid tribute to the New York glamour punk with a triumvirate of events splashed
with graffiti and Day-Glo last week in NYC. To be remembered: Debbie Harry
performing at the Bowery Ballroom in a vintage Sprouse jacket
(which is actually on the floor on the picture below).
Louis
Vuitton Stephen Sprouse party last Thursday in NYC -
(c) Hypebeast
