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Vuitton Brings Back Sprouse

Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton are paying homage to Stephen Sprouse with a new line of handbags showcasing the designers’ pop art/grafitti style. Jacobs took two iconic Sprouse motifs – the graffiti and the rose – and interpreted them in Day-Glo shades of pink, green and orange over the Monogram print. The motifs are featured […]

Dec 15, 2008 | By Luxuo

Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton are paying homage to Stephen Sprouse with a new line of handbags showcasing the designers’ pop art/grafitti style.

Jacobs took two iconic Sprouse motifs – the graffiti and the rose – and interpreted them in Day-Glo shades of pink, green and orange over the Monogram print.

The motifs are featured on Vuitton’s Keepall, Speedy and Neverfull bag styles, as well as basketball sneaker boots, pumps, sunglasses, headbands and wristbands, and small leather goods like wallets and coin purses.

“I tried to take what Stephen had done at Vuitton and then kind of flip it in my head, and make it Vuitton’s work for Stephen, not Stephen’s work for Vuitton,” Jacobs said. “I just felt it was a funny way to play with it, to pretend to be Sprouse for a bit, and use the work that he did, and then bring it back to the work that he did before I collaborated with him.”

Sprouse died in 2004, and the new tribute pieces, which hit Vuitton boutiques worldwide Jan. 9, pick up almost seamlessly where the 2001 collaboration left off.


 
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