In the windows of the Louis Vuitton stores, the new bag collection is on display. Inspired by (or created with) the artist Richard Prince, the new collection is called Monogram Jokes. The bags look funky, daring, ostentatious - a strong fashion statement. Perfectly expected. Printed on the leather, some letters and sentences: the jokes. It looks exactly like one of Richard Prince's serie of painting called by the same name.
The jokes are the following:
"My wife is always asking for money, $200 one day, $150 the next, $125 after that"."That's crazy" my friend said " what does she do with it all?" "I don't know" I said " I never gave her any".
" Everytime I meet a girl who can cool like my mother, she looks like my father".
"My wife went to the beauty shop and got a mud pack. For two days she looked beautiful. Then the mud fell off".
" I've been married for 30 years and I'm still in love with the same woman. If my wife ever finds out, she'll kill me".
Let's accept that the whole spirit of this collection is to be edgy and provocative: fashion meets arts, esthetic mixes with messages, fashion keeps pushing boundaries like art does, bla,bla,bla... Ostentatious makes fun of the ostentatious, this is all second degree. The fashion victim who will show off one of these bags will make a statement that she has a deep sense of humour.
Will she really?
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2 comments:
you see you lose me when you talk fashion, what is the difference between Art, Humour and fashion.
Does Couture mean art?
Does Fashion mean Humour?
Such a subjective topic.
More musings please
Eduardo is updated check him out!
Fashion is "F/Art" wrapped in marketing ribbons
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