LOUIS VUITTON X MURAKAMI
, by Philomina Doorenbos, 1 min reading time
Louis Vuitton is bringing it back home with the LOUIS VUITTON X MURAKAMI Collection for spring 2025.
Its been over 20 years since Japanese artist Takashi Murakami collaborated with Louis Vuitton,He was recruited by then creative director Marc Jacobs to produce a series bags and accessories for Louis Vuitton.
As with the original collection ,the new collection is inspired by the term Kawaii meaning cute ,the bags includes the Speedy,the Keepall, the Dauphine and the OnTheGo, Murakami print belts,wallets and shoes,as well as skate boards and made to order wardrobe trunk packed with 33 speedy bags.
Marakami's work has always explored themes related to commercialism,pop culture and notion craft,drawing on elements of Sci-fi, of which helped make his creative partnership with Louis Vuitton so historical.
In his own words.''the timing of it all has worked out to my advantage,so ultimately i feel i was lucky''the experiment raised the artist's profile considerably;four years after the collaboration,the museum of contemporary art Los Angeles organized a travelling Murakami retrospective that included a stop at Brooklyn Museum.