Louis (Vuitton) Meets the Polka Dot Princess

Seen on the Louis Vuitton flagship store in the United States in New York on Fifth Avenue, on Tuesday: injected large black spots on the front of the store. The spots are part of a celebration of the legendary and eccentric Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, even as the "Polka Dot Princess". Points and make a grand entrance to the storefront and shop in the huge windows inspired street front and a series of limited edition Louis Vuitton clothes and accessories from the artist. Ms. Kusama, a major exhibition - his first retrospective in New York for over a decade - opening Thursday at the Whitney, Louis Vuitton has sponsored. On Tuesday, after a preliminary version of the exhibition at the Whitney Uptown, made a rare appearance tailored Kusama woman in a wheelchair and draped in a costume designs on strong yellow and brown Louis Vuitton on the basis of some of his works, in the store, revealing, with Louis Vuitton representatives, inspired by the windows of his art. Models sporting red wigs in tribute to the signature of the artist Bob and window. In a window, there was even a wax figure of the artist dressed in a red dress with white polka dots and a red tote with white dots, standing against a white wall and red dots in the middle of what is like stuffed squid legs red with white polka dots . This window is just one example of the kind of sensory overload, she specializes in. He has also played with the illusion and perception, another feature of his art: at least one viewer asked how they heard loud if it is the artist herself in the window . The Louis Vuitton / Yayoi Kusama cooperation includes bags, of course - that is, after all, Louis Vuitton, but also shirts, dresses, jackets, shoes, scarves and jewelry, all decorated with the iconic artist's vibrant colors, patterns, and peas. Louis Vuitton also has a pop-up store in SoHo devoted wife Kusama. Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs is no stranger to working with artists on collections. Former colleagues Stephen Sprouse and Takashi Murakami have contained.