Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami revive iconic collaboration with new collection and short film
Louis Vuitton is relaunching its collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, twenty years after the original collection that merged contemporary art with fashion. New products featuring the colorful LV logo and motifs like miniature cherries will be unveiled on January 1, 2025, and available for purchase online and in stores from January 3, 2025. To celebrate, the maison will run two customized trams in Milan and host screenings at Cinema Spazio Etoile in Rome. Louis Vuitton has also restored Murakami's 2009 animated short film "Superflat First Love," a psychedelic journey through anime culture that follows his earlier "Superflat Monogram." The collaboration is credited with transforming fashion into a wearable form of art and making the LV logo pop culture icon.
Key facts
- The collaboration originally launched in 2003.
- New products drop January 1, 2025 (unveiling) and January 3, 2025 (sales).
- Two customized trams will run in Milan.
- Screenings at Cinema Spazio Etoile in Rome.
- The restored short film is 'Superflat First Love' from 2009.
- The short film is a psychedelic journey into anime culture.
- The collaboration made the LV logo a pop culture symbol.
- The collection includes colorful LV logo and miniature cherry motifs.
Entities
Artists
- Takashi Murakami
Institutions
- Louis Vuitton
- Cinema Spazio Etoile
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Rome