Creating Infinity:
The Worlds Of Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama

The last time that Louis Vuitton met the magic of Yayoi Kusama was in 2012. Yet this relationship never ended –ten years after, it evolved, and expanded with conversations continued and extended. Louis Vuitton tote bag louis vuitton to almost a century ago when the eponymous founder’s grandson and Pre-Loved Louis Vuitton Monogram Soft Trunk Messenger create store windows and works for the stores themselves. This impetus has travelled through time and has had even more resonance in the contemporary era; since 1988, the Maison has invited some of the biggest names in art and design to collaborate including, Sol LeWitt, Louis Vuitton 2008 pre-owned Poche Documents 38 clutch, Kusama’s signature objects, motifs and imaginings of infinity take-over the Maison and all of its product categories: from bags to Vintage Louis Vuitton Speedy 25 Kenyan Fawn Brown accessories. In turn, there is an evolution of some of Louis Vuitton’s Рюкзак в стилі louis vuitton жіночій Kusama’s transformative world.

In line with Louis Vuitton’s past artistic collaborations, the encounter between the Maison and Yayoi Kusama is grounded in sincerity, in iconoclasm, and above all, in a mutual appreciation of craft and excellence over the commonplace. At Louis Vuitton, when it comes to the magic of making objects, anything is possible.

Perhaps it is most fitting that this incarnation of the Louis Vuitton and Kusama creative exchange starts where the 2012 conversation left off, with a gift. A gift that encompasses their two worlds most completely. In 2012, Yayoi Kusama took one of the most timeless and magical of the Maison’s emblematic objects and made it her own – she hand-painted a Louis Vuitton trunk with her characteristic polka dots, fresh florals breathe new life into louis vuitton monogram for fall.

It is an exact replica of these dots, a true representation of Kusama’s hand that is one of the many things in the project that has challenged and advanced the Maison’s savoir-faire. Each incarnation of the polka dots has been presided over by Kusama personally – as have all the many and varied objects in the project – being moved with precision to the nearest millimetre, brushstrokes echoed in uncanny detail with their texture and weight intact. It is in this pursuit of the infinite through craft that both Louis louis vuitton 2011 pre owned neverfull mm tote bag item are ultimately united. It is in the making of magical objects that transcend space and time that both are engaged in and recognise each other through. It is here that both Louis louis vuitton 2011 pre owned neverfull mm tote bag item want the person who possesses such objects to feel both the care and Angebote für Second Hand Taschen Louis Vuitton Rue Scribe Bag story and one that will hopefully become part of the story of future generations – stretching into infinity.

Painted dots

The motif of PAINTED DOTS is where this project has its roots and here, they are a direct translation of Kusama’s hand through a complex serigraphy technique and embossed printing on leather or iconic coated canvas. Kusama’s motifs have travelled with her for most of her life; she began painting her dots when still a child of ten. Here, a Louis Vuitton Rossmore PM, across accessories, and across fragrances, from a colourful iteration Лоферы louis vuitton, silver, grey and white specifically for men.

There is a playful meeting of Kusama’s signature brush-stroked dots with Louis Vuitton’s Monogram that runs throughout this collection. Louis Vuitton Unset Flat Comfort Mule Pink Women Shoes Ganebet Store icons of the Maison for women and men, via ankle boots, sneakers and derby shoes to men’s technical nylon ready-to-wear, in the shape of a dotted Monogram down jacket and cargo pants. The painted dots continue Valigia Louis Vuitton Pegase in pelle nera Capucines and black Dauphine bags as well as a black leather skirt with multicoloured brush stroke buttons; then onto ready-to-wear silk borsa a tracolla louis vuitton louis vuitton editions limitees in tela monogram marrone e blu for women with men’s tailored outerwear, in the shape of a precision printed pure wool overcoat. Accessories multiply, from reversible bucket hats, silk scarves and Edge chain jewellery in the women’s world to baseball caps, belts and eyewear in the men’s. The colourful Portefeuille Louis Vuitton Emilie en toile monogram azur Maison, enveloping both the packaging, bottles and Travel Cases of Attrape-Rêves and L’Immensité.

Infinity dots

The painted dot morphs into Kusama’s perhaps more familiar INFINITY DOTS; the artist’s most recognisable motif and as a collection, one that encompasses most pieces in the project across all categories for both women and men, appearing in both Drop 1 and Drop 2. As Kusama’s fame grew in America in the 1960s, she was dubbed the ‘Princess of Polka Dots.’ Although in contrast, Kusama has referred to herself as an ‘obsessional artist.’ It is the infinity dot that is the most obsessional of her motifs signifying a state of ‘self-obliteration’ for the artist. ‘My desire was to predict and measure the infinity of the unbounded universe, from my own position in it, with dots,’ says Kusama in her autobiography Infinity Net.

Proliferating in signature Kusama palettes of black & white, red & white, yellow & black, plus black & red for men, the infinity dots meld with a multiplicity of Maison icons, particularly in terms of Louis Vuitton 1995 pre-owned Randonnee PM shoulder bag louis vuitton new wave chain bag tote, but also finds form in Epi bags such as the Twist or in the Taurillon Capucines. While for men, Taurillon is utilised for much of the initial infinity dot leather goods drop, including the classic Keepall and the Soft Trunk. Woven into jacquards and 3D knits, printed onto silks and appearing as embroideries, the infinity dots find the elegance of the everyday when featured for women in signature Louis Vuitton silhouettes, such as the short, sharp printed gabardine spin on the skirt suit and enter into a more utilitarian realm for men in items such as the tech fleece blouson and zipped overshirt. For shoes, a proliferation of dots even takes shape on the soles and undersides of models such as signature Shake ankle boots and pumps. While metal hardware on Academy loafers is enamelled and echoed in infinity dotted jewellery. For men, the LV Trainer features its own palette of dots; on a grounding of white grain calf leather, black on white and green on white dots appear, together with a white on red iteration. A myriad of other accessories are also encompassed, including signature silk scarves, sunglasses, reversible bucket hats, baseball caps and even the ‘Vivienne’ doll – a version of Kusama herself. The infinity dots D&G Chandelier Heels and More Rare Fashion enough, the obsessional Spell on You.