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Friday 9th January, sees Louis Vuitton take a drastic makeover, a street makeover of sorts. With Marc Jacobs now as creative Director at Louis Vuitton things were sure to change. The first month into 2009 sees the release of the Stephen Sprouse tribute collection, which is simply amazing.
Stephen Sprouse was at his height of career in the 1980s with rock and street culture expressed through Day-Glo colours and micro-mini skirts. Sprouse made some of the decades boldest fashion and magazines simply loved it. He always pushed the boundaries even rumoured to borrow items from NASA for a collection in the late 80s.
Louis Vuitton have created a true homage to the designer, but knowing Marc Jacobs and the LV team nothing was going to be straight forward, always pushing the boundaries themselves Vuitton have even gone to taking to graffiti on their own store.
The collection itself is just stunning we see everything from high tops to dresses and tops with the neon graffiti emblazoned all over them. The iconic monogram bags have also been covered in the graffiti print bringing a whole new modern look to the brand.
But that is not all, Louis Vuitton have obviously been thinking this one out for some time, either that or the drugs have kicked in. First of all, the NYC store in SoHo doesn’t really look the same anymore, not now that there is a gigantic orange day-glo Louis Vuitton sprayed across the whole shop – which is quite fitting as the collection launched there today.
Secondly Vuitton decided to mark the occasion with some limited edition items. Namely an $8,750 skateboard. The Limited Edition skateboards come in a Louis Vuitton trunk with the signature monogram accented with a single Stephen Sprouse print on the side. The skateboard of course covered in neon print, which is going to stay that way because at that price it is going to be hung on a wall for people to stare at not grinding round the streets of New York.
Stephen Sprouse passed away from heart failure in 2004 after working with Marc Jacobs in 2001, so this is really Jacob’s tribute to him and the audacious fashion and art Sprouse created.
