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DYS in Fashion Splash — July 7th, 2008 (19 views / Print this article )
When fashion and art collide, it creates a wonderful piece of art. There are a lot of designers who have implemented art into their designs, and we’ve been seeing them quite a lot lately. Louis Vuitton seems to be one of many who always collaborates with a variety of artists, from Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, Julie Verhoeven, to the late Stephen Sprouse and surely with many other artists in the future. The whimsical Prada fairy collection of Spring/Summer 2008 came from the beautiful artwork of James Jean. While Miu Miu has used Liselotte Watkins’s Harlequin illustrations for the Spring/Summer 2008 collection.
There’s Longchamp who collaborated with designer Jeremy Scott and Dutch illustrator Robert Wagt for a limited edition of Le Pliage Bande Dessinée, featuring an embroidered comic strip illustration of a fashion victim visiting Paris, New York and St. Tropez. Le Sport Sac collaborated with Fafi (who has also collaborated with MAC recently), and Simone Legno for Tokidoki. Roberto Cavalli used illustrations by Liselotte Watkins for a limited collection for H&M last year. And H&M itself, paid a tribute to Marimekko for their Spring/Summer 08 collection by using Marimekko’s popular patterns.
Meanwhile, instead of collaborating with artists, other designers simply preferred to use their own art. Alber Elbaz sketched his own illustrations on his collection for Lanvin, that included everything from T-shirts, tote bags to luggage trolleys. Roberta di Camerino, Moschino and Sonia Rykiel used a lot of trompe l’oeil artwork on their collection. Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent, Moschino, Luella Bartley, Anna Sui, Thakoon, Fendi and many..many.. designers have been infusing art into their collection.
Print illustrations, trompe l’oeil, hand paintings, abstract prints, silk screens, embroideries, appliqués, graffities, comic strips, collages, are among few common techniques used by those artists and designers. But sadly, they usually become so exclusive in a limited edition and come with an unbelievable price. I guess that’s what you have to pay for a piece of art on your clothing and accessories!
trompe l’oeil fashion
Sources & images courtesy of: asione.com, elle.com, stylebubble.typepad.com, style.com, smartsandcrafts.blogspot.com, lesportsac.com, longchamp.com, louisvuitton.com, h&m.com, shopbob.com, ebay.com
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pink-bow
huhuh,,mau tas YSL nya yang gold
July 7th, 2008 at 8:34 am
lindy wirasati
Gue mau PRADA bag yg putihnya!!!!
Baru kemaren liat di PI…Gosh pengennnn….
July 7th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Sh_cooL
OMG.. keren2 bener smuanyaa.. ckckkc especially the YSL gold bagnya.. ama of course the prada fairy bagnya.. so drooling rite now.. hihiihih
July 7th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
lovemybags
i always love artsy fashion, dan g punya rasa pengen memiliki LV pertama kali waktu gua tau artist fave gua murakami dikabarkan kolaborasi ma LV.
dan menurut riset, katanya penjualan LV meningkat drastis karena murakami, sampe si multicolore lain akhirnya dijadikan permanen.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
seken3436
argggggggggggg!!! tolong bawa saya ke RS.JIwa!!
They’re so fantastic!, Uniqe!.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
cheyqua
gilakk.. keren abiss!! LOVE IT!!
July 7th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
putri_bramantyo
saya mau semuanya…speechless gw liatnya,..ga mau diliat lama2 daripada gw ngidam
July 7th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
loucee
ahhh… gilaakk… keren2 banget niiihhh!!
itu tas longchamp yang ujung kanan atas sudah sempet hampir tak bungkus kemarin. sayang tidak nemu yang bisa dicangklong di pundak… huhuhuhu…
July 7th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
ngelzz
mau longchampnyaaaaaaa !! lucu2 banget siiiihhh.. huhuh
July 7th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
sLesTa
wah sama louc.. cuma gue alesannya itu bahannya bukan nylon.. takut cepet kotor, sayang ah!
tapi itu tote chanel nya lucu banget siihhhh….
July 7th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
ibu francis
Tas longchamp sama YSLnya gw suka banget!
July 8th, 2008 at 5:19 am
demodeboutiqe
loucee, longchamp le pliage di indo sudah gak ada lho alis laku abisss. waktu gw tanya ke sales nya dia bilang baru dateng 3 hr sold out in normal price..
temen gw ada yg lagi di luar, gw nitip hunting si le pliage bag, gw berharap dapet sih..
anyway LV color nya mantaaf banget ya
July 8th, 2008 at 7:00 am
funkyfarm*
naksir ma yg pradaaa.. cakep bgt..
July 8th, 2008 at 8:36 am
sitzhy
Gila .. tas2 nya keren-keren.. love it
Mau yang Channel ama YSL
Ah.. semuanya lucu-lucu
July 8th, 2008 at 9:52 am
happineesh
waaaa bagus2nya..doyan deh liat warna2nya…baju2 graphic dan tas lucu banget, gw punya gtu yang tees tuxedo hahahahaha
July 8th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
sisil
Ahhhh lucu2 tasnya…… Pingiiiin
July 8th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
cocomomo
YEAH! go arstsy go artsy!! haha…just love it to death
July 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pm