To the letter
13 December
Logo mania shows no sign of slowing, and the branded sneaker is a street-wear inspired luxury signature. But may we suggest a sleeker trainer style to add to your accessory arsenal. These retro Lanvin styles, imagined in canvas, calfskin or suede and with tactile fringing — boast the letters ‘JL’ on their upper, in reference to the Parisian maison’s founder Jeanne Lanvin. They bring a graphic edge to an otherwise soft, nostalgic style, and are sure to leave you lusting after no other logo.
Writer: Laura Hawkins
To the letter
13 December
Logo mania shows no sign of slowing, and the branded sneaker is a street-wear inspired luxury signature. But may we suggest a sleeker trainer style to add to your accessory arsenal. These retro Lanvin styles, imagined in canvas, calfskin or suede and with tactile fringing — boast the letters ‘JL’ on their upper, in reference to the Parisian maison’s founder Jeanne Lanvin. They bring a graphic edge to an otherwise soft, nostalgic style, and are sure to leave you lusting after no other logo.
Writer: Laura Hawkins
Hat trick
12 December
The hat box that accompanies Maison Michel’s expertly crafted designs is a style signature of its own, emblazoned with repeated serif typography and imagined in an elegant black and white colour scheme. It’s this formulation which has inspired the Parisian milliner’s new London boutique in Mayfair. The space, housed in a turn-of-the-century building, features a wall lined with perforated white metal columns, which curve like the contours of piled hat boxes and a carbonised black parquet floor. Since joining as creative director of the Chanel-owned hatmaker in 2015, artistic director Priscilla Royer has worked to bring a sense of modernity to the 83 year-old house, creating felt caps with cat ears, bucket hats formed from quilted PVC and trapper hats with snuggly shearing linings. The new store is a marker of Maison Michel’s hat-trick focused future, as memorable as the hat box that inspired it. Chapeau!
Photographer: Andrew Meredith. Writer: Laura Hawkins
Hat trick
12 December
The hat box that accompanies Maison Michel’s expertly crafted designs is a style signature of its own, emblazoned with repeated serif typography and imagined in an elegant black and white colour scheme. It’s this formulation which has inspired the Parisian milliner’s new London boutique in Mayfair. The space, housed in a turn-of-the-century building, features a wall lined with perforated white metal columns, which curve like the contours of piled hat boxes and a carbonised black parquet floor. Since joining as creative director of the Chanel-owned hatmaker in 2015, artistic director Priscilla Royer has worked to bring a sense of modernity to the 83 year-old house, creating felt caps with cat ears, bucket hats formed from quilted PVC and trapper hats with snuggly shearing linings. The new store is a marker of Maison Michel’s hat-trick focused future, as memorable as the hat box that inspired it. Chapeau!
Photographer: Andrew Meredith. Writer: Laura Hawkins
Crafting makes perfect
11 December
Step into Spanish luxury leather goods house Loewe’s new two-floor store in SoHo, New York, and you’ll step into the brand’s latest iteration of its art-filled and craft-obsessed universe. Here, the clean silhouettes Jonathan Anderson presented for the brand’s A/W 2019 collection are complimented with William De Morgan-inspired embroidered pieces and a rainbow offering of leather goods – including the New York Postal Bag – framed by works from eight artists from Loewe’s ever-expanding collection. Sri Lankan photographer Lionel Wendt’s serene black and white nude studies and South African artist Lisa Brice’s grey-tone hand-painted screen define the ground floor space, but the eye is drawn, also, to smaller artworks and crafted objects. Kitschy foil rodents by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, a tea bowl by Loewe Foundation finalist Takuro Kuwata and, upstairs, finalist Joe Hogan’s woven basketry – these, and many other elements have the feel of an organically formed collection of very singular acquisitions. Quite simply, Loewe’s intensely curated vision of art, craft and design in action.
Writer: Siska Lyssens
Crafting makes perfect
11 December
Step into Spanish luxury leather goods house Loewe’s new two-floor store in SoHo, New York, and you’ll step into the brand’s latest iteration of its art-filled and craft-obsessed universe. Here, the clean silhouettes Jonathan Anderson presented for the brand’s A/W 2019 collection are complimented with William De Morgan-inspired embroidered pieces and a rainbow offering of leather goods – including the New York Postal Bag – framed by works from eight artists from Loewe’s ever-expanding collection. Sri Lankan photographer Lionel Wendt’s serene black and white nude studies and South African artist Lisa Brice’s grey-tone hand-painted screen define the ground floor space, but the eye is drawn, also, to smaller artworks and crafted objects. Kitschy foil rodents by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, a tea bowl by Loewe Foundation finalist Takuro Kuwata and, upstairs, finalist Joe Hogan’s woven basketry – these, and many other elements have the feel of an organically formed collection of very singular acquisitions. Quite simply, Loewe’s intensely curated vision of art, craft and design in action.
Writer: Siska Lyssens
Artistic license
10 December
Cult filmmaker and artist Harmony Korine is a longtime friend of Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. Now the label has enlisted the renowned Kids, Spring Breakers, and Beach Bums director, who also creates abstract graphic artworks using squeegees and leftover household paint, to create three limited edition styles of its PS1 bag, featuring archival paintings. The 400 piece offering celebrates the tenth anniversary of the label’s famed accessory, which was introduced as part of its first handbag collection. Consider it therefore, a work of art in not one, but two senses.
Photography: Jeff Henrikson. Writer: Laura Hawkins
Artistic license
10 December
Cult filmmaker and artist Harmony Korine is a longtime friend of Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. Now the label has enlisted the renowned Kids, Spring Breakers, and Beach Bums director, who also creates abstract graphic artworks using squeegees and leftover household paint, to create three limited edition styles of its PS1 bag, featuring archival paintings. The 400 piece offering celebrates the tenth anniversary of the label’s famed accessory, which was introduced as part of its first handbag collection. Consider it therefore, a work of art in not one, but two senses.
Photography: Jeff Henrikson. Writer: Laura Hawkins
Spot property
9 December
British artist Damien Hirst, Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and cult shoe brand Vans are releasing a limited-edition collection. The range of six different motifs features some of Hirst’s most recognisable work, including his signature spots, butterflies, spin paintings and skulls on classic Vans Sk8-Hi and Slip-On shoes. ‘I’ve always loved Vans and the artwork works brilliantly on these shoes. I can’t wait for people to see them,’ says Hirst. Early this year, Hirst opened the Empathy Suite in the star-studded Las Vegas Palms Casino, one of the world’s most expensive hotel suites featuring the artist’s most famous works, along with a massive suspended tiger shark divided into three parts in the hotel lobby called ‘Unknown.’ Coming full circle, the collection will be available at the Palms Casino Resort, located at 4321 W Flamingo Rd in Las Vegas and at the Vault by Vans retail store located at 219 Bowery in New York City.
Writer: Carole Dixon
Spot property
9 December
British artist Damien Hirst, Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and cult shoe brand Vans are releasing a limited-edition collection. The range of six different motifs features some of Hirst’s most recognisable work, including his signature spots, butterflies, spin paintings and skulls on classic Vans Sk8-Hi and Slip-On shoes. ‘I’ve always loved Vans and the artwork works brilliantly on these shoes. I can’t wait for people to see them,’ says Hirst. Early this year, Hirst opened the Empathy Suite in the star-studded Las Vegas Palms Casino, one of the world’s most expensive hotel suites featuring the artist’s most famous works, along with a massive suspended tiger shark divided into three parts in the hotel lobby called ‘Unknown.’ Coming full circle, the collection will be available at the Palms Casino Resort, located at 4321 W Flamingo Rd in Las Vegas and at the Vault by Vans retail store located at 219 Bowery in New York City.
Writer: Carole Dixon
Best lab
6 December
The microscope may be honed in on the art and design goings on during Miami’s Art Week, but LA is also looking up in terms of creative output. For Athletic Propulsion Labs has opened its first 3000 sq ft brick-and-mortar boutique at The Grove – a sleek and sparse construct, lined with tessellated wall indents housing its high performing, multi hued sneaker designs. ‘The store’s long and narrow dimensions were inspired by both runways and tracks, since APL sits at the intersection of luxury and performance. This layout purposefully ties back to two of the greatest design influences behind APL, the automotive and aviation industries,’ say founders Adam and Ryan Goldston . The duo enlisted Belgium-based Bernard Dubois Architects – who have worked on recent retail spaces for Aesop, A Bathing Ape and Isaac Reina – to carry out their attenuated aesthetic. ‘We were looking for a design architect who had designed monolithic yet inviting structures’ they add. ‘Typically those two words are at odds with one another, but Bernard had demonstrated that it was possible and something he had done before and specialised in.’
Writer: Laura Hawkins
Best lab
6 December
The microscope may be honed in on the art and design goings on during Miami’s Art Week, but LA is also looking up in terms of creative output. For Athletic Propulsion Labs has opened its first 3000 sq ft brick-and-mortar boutique at The Grove – a sleek and sparse construct, lined with tessellated wall indents housing its high performing, multi hued sneaker designs. ‘The store’s long and narrow dimensions were inspired by both runways and tracks, since APL sits at the intersection of luxury and performance. This layout purposefully ties back to two of the greatest design influences behind APL, the automotive and aviation industries,’ say founders Adam and Ryan Goldston . The duo enlisted Belgium-based Bernard Dubois Architects – who have worked on recent retail spaces for Aesop, A Bathing Ape and Isaac Reina – to carry out their attenuated aesthetic. ‘We were looking for a design architect who had designed monolithic yet inviting structures’ they add. ‘Typically those two words are at odds with one another, but Bernard had demonstrated that it was possible and something he had done before and specialised in.’
Writer: Laura Hawkins
