You’ve got to hand it to Louis Vuitton! If you thought you’d never see the day that Uncle Karl (AKA Karl Lagerfeld, AKA Chanel and Fendi Boss) collaborate with a “competing” luxury brand, then you thought wrong!
And he’s not the only one!
Karl Lagerfeld is joined by Christian Louboutin, Cindy Sherman, Frank Gehry, Marc Newson and Rei Kawakubo. The six of them have been invited by the House of LV to share their creative skills in a joint special project, instigated by LOUIS VUITTON, all in celebration of the iconic Monogram!
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Each of the six creative “Iconoclasts” have been given carte blanche by Louis Vuitton to create a piece of personally inspired luggage (or handbag).
Their only requirement, is to use the iconic monogram and keep their creations within Louis Vuitton’s spirit of innovation, collaboration and daring.
Simple enough? Well to be honest, I can not wait to see what these masters come up with!
Can you?!
These very exclusive and limited edition collections, will be available in selected Louis Vuitton stores across the globe from mid October 2014!
With this exciting press release came a little history on the Icon of the Monogram, which I thought you guys would be interested in reading about…
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In 1896, GEORGES VUITTON created THE MONOGRAM, utilising the LV initials as a tribute to his late father, LOUIS VUITTON, who had died four years previously.
Revolutionary in its time, THE MONOGRAM is one of the first symbols of French modern design. THE MONOGRAM pattern is composed of stylised flowers and letters organised geometrically — there is some debate as to whether the graphic design owes a debt to the neo-Gothic style or to the influence of Japo nisme.
The tiles in the Vuitton family home might also have inspired Georges.
THE MONOGRAM is now recognised globally as a defining signature, both literally and metaphorically, of the house of LOUIS VUITTON
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