Brooklyn Get’s Some Louis Love
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Even after all these years, Louis Vuitton’s blockbuster collaboration with Takashi Murakami continues to wet the panties of bagaholics. Those who didn’t get to buy some of the special accessories at Murakami’s recent Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art retrospective will get a second chance next month, when the exhibit moves to the Brooklyn Museum on April 5.
WWD reports that Vuitton is opening a store offering a mix of multicolor monogram handbags and small leather goods, as well as actual limited edition art canvasses with a new design by Murakami and Marc Jacobs called “Monogramouflage.”
They will preview a new Vuitton collection, which will launch in the Brooklyn store on June 1, and be sold at select Vuitton stores worldwide starting June 15. The exhibit will kick off on April 3 with a “Brooklyn Ball” featuring a special performance by Kanye West. But the pièce de résistance may come from the French luxury leather goods house itself, which is cooking up a special performance that evening to raise attention to the worldwide problem of counterfeits, though the company remained tight-lipped about details. That said, sales from the Brooklyn Museum’s store that night will benefit the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation.
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