We recently posted the Louis Vuitton Ready-to-wear Fall 2012 show which featured the motif of the train as a “vehicle” for literally opening up the ideas of the collection which explored a throwback to an aristocratic lifestyle. Since we are students of culture and fashion, the two are inextricably linked, we found this amazing collection by John Galliano for Christian Dior couture Fall/Winter 1998-99 which also used the train as a “vehicle” to open the show and explore how the collection pulled into the station as an arena for fantasy. We are posting both videos for you to compare the spectacle. The Louis Vuitton fall 2012 collection was a previous post a few weeks ago, but we are posting it again next to this one.
Compare Galliano with Jacobs.
ALL ABOARD THE LOUIS VUITTON EXPRESS TO AW12!
the beautifully dresses station porters carrying the delicate louis vuitton bags are definitely a highlight for me and the music is uber-delightful.
Damien Hirst Vs. Yayoi Kusama
What we would have enjoyed seeing Damien Hirst do for his worldwide Gagosian exhibition (designed for the jet-setter to travel to all 11 Gagosian Galleries worldwide to receive a signed print) is to take his spots beyond the canvas and inhabit all the channels for distribution: Products and form as a greater ensemble freed from the picture frame. What about fashion? As Yayoi Kusama has done by liberating her form from the context of the gallery while still exhibiting the formal logic of repetition. Her Kusama Fashion Company Ltd., work for Lancôme Paris and Louis Vuitton comes to mind. Special edition Spot products by Damien Hirst? This might open up the discourse of appropriation and money.
