One of the finest traits about Louis Vuitton as a brand, and the reason why I love working with and supporting the vision is because Vuitton loves to collaborate. Whether it is Marc’s creative capsules inspired by Stephen Sprouse or a partnership with Murakami or Yayoi Kusama, even the way that Teller and other photographers are heroed by the brand – it’s part of the ethos and identity.
So, when Georges Vuitton (son of Louis) created the monogram in honor of his late father in 1896, he also created an icon in its own right which has been re-worked and re-imagined for decades, both legally and illegally. Now, over a century later six visionaries in their own right have taken the legend of the monogram and made it their own in ‘The Icon and the Iconoclasts: A Celebration of Monogram’ for the brand’s 160th birthday.
Christian Louboutin, Cindy Sherman, Frank Gehry, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Newson and Rei Kawakubo were given free rein to create limited edition accessories and bags using the famous monogram print…and here are the results.
The designs are available for purchase on Louis Vuitton’s website from today. Lagerfeld’s designs will be available from this weekend.
