Musée d'Orsay Marks 40th Anniversary with Monoprix Fashion and Home Collection

The Musée d'Orsay has announced a collaboration with the French retail chain Monoprix, launching a collection of clothing and objects on September 23. This marks the museum's 40th anniversary and is Monoprix's first partnership with a museum, though the retailer has previously worked with designers such as India Mahdavi, Jean-Pierre Garrault, Alexandre Benjamin Navet, and Maison Château Rouge. The collection, priced from 10 euros for a pair of striped socks or a sketchbook to 280 euros for a rug, draws on the museum's collections. A wool sweater references Édouard Manet's Vase de pivoines sur piédouche (1864), while a floral pajama set echoes Anna Boch's Cueillette (1890). Women's blazers and jackets take after the dandy look of the men in black in Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863), in an androgynous version. Speckled glassware and a carafe evoke the museum's Art Nouveau objects, and a wicker tray and stool suggest the rural atmosphere of Impressionist compositions. The collection will be available in select stores, at the Musée d'Orsay boutique, and on the Monoprix website. The museum also announced a separate collaboration with the design brand Martinelli Luce for a Pipistrello lamp in a soft green, the color of the Musée d'Orsay's interiors. The article notes that major museums increasingly partner with fashion and decoration brands, citing the Louvre, MoMA, and Tate Modern with Uniqlo, the Van Gogh Museum with Vans, and the Centre Pompidou with Swatch.