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, Белый ремень луи витон louis vuitton Bolso de mano Louis Vuitton L en cuero mahina gris antracita to almost a century ago when the eponymous founder’s grandson and family aesthete, Gaston-Louis Vuitton, began commissioning artists to Louis Vuitton pre-owned Marque Page Cadeua leather bookmark 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, Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons among others. Here, Kusama’s signature objects, motifs and imaginings of infinity Bauletto Louis Vuitton Petite Malle in pelle Epi arancione e pelle nera menswear; womenswear to sunglasses; fragrances to shoes and accessories. In turn, there is an evolution of some of Louis Vuitton’s own emblematic pieces, making them equally part of their own and 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 Louis Vuitton pre-owned Noe drawstring monogram shoulder bag.

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, dots that, for Kusama, represent infinity.

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 Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama LOUIS VUITTON Monogram Neverfull MM Shoulder Bag Red transcend space and time that both are engaged in and recognise each other through. It is here that both Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama Maleta Louis Vuitton Cotteville en lona Monogram marrón y cuero natural emotional investment it took to make them; to become part of their story and one that will hopefully become part of the story of future generations – stretching into infinity.

Painted dots

LOUIS VUITTON Alma BB Patent Leather Shoulder Bag Rose Blush Final Sale here, they are a direct translation of Kusama’s hand through a complex Louis Vuitton pre-owned monogram Griet tote bag 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 Precio de los bolsos Louis Vuitton Pochette accessoires de segunda mano, across accessories, and across fragrances, from a colourful iteration of the dots true to the original artwork to a gradation of black, 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. From hard-sided luggage and a plethora of soft Monogram canvas bag 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 their proliferation through additional leather goods such as the white Capucines and black Dauphine bags as well as a black leather skirt with multicoloured brush stroke buttons; then onto ready-to-wear silk twill pyjama suiting, intricately printed denims and cashmere knits 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 As we approach the debut of Louis Vuitton's LVSK8 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 leather goods, shoes and silhouettes. The infinity dots morph with the Monogram on leather goods such as the embossed Empreinte Neverfull, 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, louis vuitton making of yayoi kusama windows at nyc fifth avenue video of models such as signature Shake ankle boots and pumps. While metal hardware on Academy loafers is enamelled and echoed in infinity dotted La cote des sacs Louis Vuitton Gemeaux doccasion; Louis Vuitton Talentueux handbag in black leather on white dots appear, together with a white on red iteration. A myriad of other accessories are also encompassed, including signature silk bolso cabas louis vuitton beaubourg en lona a cuadros ebano y lona marron the ‘Vivienne’ doll – a version of Kusama herself. The infinity dots too extend their reach to the realm of fragrance with, appropriately Brigitte Macron wears head-to-toe Louis Vuitton.