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VAN GOGH MUSEUM + VANS COLLECTION
The collaboration between the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and Vans is yet another example of merging art and fashion. Transferring Van Gogh’s iconic artworks onto Vans Classics and premium apparel makes Van Gogh’s art accessible to a wider audience. The collection was designed to show the evolution of the painter’s style and features artworks like Skull, Almond Blossom, Sunflowers, Self-Portrait as a Painter, Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman as well as several of Van Gogh’s letters.
OLD MASTERS ON NEW CANVAS: LOUIS VUITTON AND JEFF KOONS
The 2017 collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Jeff Koons, Masters LV x Koons puts the revered works of Old Masters in a new cultural context; wearable art. Visuals from artist’s 2013 collection Grazing Ball have been transferred onto signature Vuitton accessories, once more fusing classic art with contemporary fashion. Koons also redesigned Vuitton’s monogram to feature his initials.
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DAMIEN HIRST AND ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
The collaboration between the Alexander McQueen fashion house and artist Damien Hirst resulted in the birth of a collection of silk scarves inspired by Hirst’s Etymology series. Each of the one-off designs features patterns of a variety of insects arranged into kaleidoscopic geometric shapes creating McQueen’s signature skull motif.
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