030: High Fashion Art & Togo's Very Own

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This week, we’re soaking in the closing vibes of New York Fashion Week, which surpassed our expectations for high energy and good vibes, and off to London, we go.

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This week, we’re cheering on another young designer from Togo (hand-picked by LVMH), sniffing sublime scents from Off-White, and witnessing ceramics by Dina Nur Satti. Plus: Theaster Gates at White Cube and highlights from NYFW. But first, a sequel on marrying art & fashion…

A MARRIAGE OF ART & FASHION, PART II

While not always on the main stage, fashion-meets-art collaborations are typically relegated to the in-between brand-building needs of a business. Produced in minuscule quantities, these partnerships are really about translating values, emotions, and desirability to both the aspiring and ‘real paying’ customer.

Big houses like Louis Vuitton have done a good job of these high-minded collabs with its sixth-year-running Artycapucines Collection. Everyone from Tschabalala Self and Jonas Wood to Kennedy Yanko and Frank Gehry have created one-of-a-kind editions for the avid global luxury collector. In addition, these objects serve as set design for Louis Vuitton’s marquee flagship stores all around the world.

At Dior Men’s, Kim Jones has explored the artist collaboration ample times starting with a bee-themed takeover with KAWS in 2019. Fast forward and Jones has brought forth entire collections with a strong stable of artists, including Peter Doig (FW21), Daniel Arsham (SS20), and Amoako Boafo (SS21). In Boafo’s case, the knitwear in particular was at good as his paintings, taking full fledged portraits from the wall to the wearer. Beyond standard renumeration for his part, Boafo got his new studio and residency space in Accra funded by Dior.

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