PUMA – “The Black Label” – Fall/Winter 2010 | Preview

There´s an interesting concept coming around from Puma. They´re combining sports with fashion as their slim-cut racing and running low tops are geared to classic high-end luxury footwear and sneakers from Gucci or Louis Vuitton.

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Louis Vuitton and Kanye West

Kanye West and Marc Jacobs.

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The Making of Kanye West x Louis Vuitton Sneakers

The design process for the “Louis Vuitton Don” sneaker has been an uphill process, for Kanye West and shoe designer Fabrizio Vitti. This collection is the first of its kind, and the complete collection will be named from G.O.O.D. Music members, along with individuals from Kanye’s entourage. Here’s an exclusive look at the creative process, including the first stages of the collaborative sneaker models.

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Louis Vuitton A Passion for Creation Exhibition Hong Kong Recap

Louis Vuitton officially opened their “A Passion for Creation” exhibition last night, showcasing selected works from the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Création, bringing together a small number of significant large-scale works (paintings, photographs, video installations) by European, American and Chinese artists. The shoe featured amazing installations by the likes of Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, and Stephen Sprouse. Other works included pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul Chan, Cao-Fei, Yang Fudong, Gilbert & George, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Andreas Gursky, Pierre Huyghe, Jeff Koons, Bertrand Lavier, Christian Marclay, Richard Prince. The show runs through August 9th, 2009.

Hong Kong Museum of Art
10 Salisbury Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon, Hong Kong
852.2721.0116

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Louis Vuitton Reporter Bag

As usual Spring/Summer 2009 brings quite a few different looks from Louis Vuitton, as far as accessories go. One of the prestigious labels standout items is their new Reporter Bag which comes in two subtle colorways. The sleek, minimally design silhouette features Louis Vuitton’s top grade French construction alongside premium material usage.

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Skam for Louis Vuitton Toronto

From the looks of it, Louis Vuitton will be commissioning a selection of graffiti artists in tribute of their Stephen Sprouse campaign. News broke out of Reyes (Seventh Letter Crew) involvement with the San Francisco store yesterday and now we get a look at some work done by old school writer Skam on LV’s Toronto retail location. Stay tuned for further news in the coming weeks.

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Louis Vuitton x Kanye West Womens Sneakers

Of course a womens sneaker is also part of the six shoe Kanye West for Louis Vuitton collaboration. In the mean time we already presented to you two mens low top sneakers and one high top sneaker from the collaboration.

Here now a first look at the womens sneaker. It comes in a grey suede colorway, with pink sole and gold lace lock. The Louis Vuitton logo appears on the tongue and on the side-panel of the shoes.

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Kanye West for Louis Vuitton Sneaker

Finally, we see an official picture of one of the sneakers from the Kanye West and Louis Vuitton collaboration. The sneaker comes in all red with a simple form, but it features a special quilted flap on the back heel for your jeans. Check out the press release below:

PARIS — Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton men’s studio director Paul Helbers have some design competition this season. Kanye West, who was sitting front row at the Vuitton show, has designed a line of five LV sneakers. Only one design, above, was featured in the show — a monochromatic midtop with no frills, save for a quilted flap in the back, all the easier to tuck pants into. “The inspiration came from a jacket with a huge collar in the movie ‘Dune,’ ” West says. “Most sneakers focus on the tongue, so I wanted to do something different.” West knows whereof he speaks: he says he has no idea how many shoes he owns, but he does know that he routinely needs to send shipments off to storage. The LV-meets-Kanye kicks will be available at Louis Vuitton stores in June.

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Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse Collection Released

For those looking somewhere to spend their hard-earned paychecks, the Stephen Sprouse inspired Louis Vuitton collection is seeing its way into retailer accounts. Items released include various small accessories in vibrant colors including a gym set complete with head band and towel. Seeing as the collection is set for a February drop, this would be the time to get early dibs on particular items at eLUXURY.

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Louis Vuitton x Stephen Sprouse – Skate Deck + Trunk

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Ahead of a retrospective exhibition at New York’s Deitch Projects Gallery as well as the release of The Stephen Sprouse Book by Roger & Mauricio Padilha, luxury goods label Louis Vuitton will transform its SoHo flagship into a temporary showcase by the late Stephen Sprouse.  Covered the store front in its entirety will be Sprouse’s signature graffiti in neon and vinyl, while a 6-foot neon light installation of Sprouse’s Rose design will be hung at the window.

Come this Thursday, January 8th, the store will become the debut point for LV’s latest, the Rose Collection, inspired by Sprouse’s previous work.  The new collection will be available at all LV retail locations on February 2nd.  However, 2 limited edition items will only be available at the SoHo flagship – 3 sets of skate decks imprinted with Stephen Sprouse’s graffiti + an unique Louis Vuitton Monogram skateboard trunk (seen above),  and 70 units of Stephen Sprouse “Roses” T-Shirt. The skate deck and trunk set will sell for $8,250 each. The limited edition t-shirt will be available for $250 each.  All proceeds will be for 3 charities centered on the promotion of art in NYC: Free Arts NYC Program, Sprouse Estate, and Stephen Sprouse Memorial Scholarship Fund at National Academy of Design.

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