Another Collab!! Tommy Hilfiger x Keith Haring
Gosh, I am totally loving these collabs between preppy brands and brilliant artists!! One of my favs, Keith Haring--who has been part of the street art movement since the early days of graffiti and making art "public and accessible," for all to enjoy by using the streets as galleries--has teamed up with Tommy Hilfiger to launch a limited edition footwear capsule collection. The result is a small collection named Footwear in limited edition, composed of sneakers and rain boots for men, women and kids, in a worldwide preview at colette.
Sick pic of Haring working on the Berlin wall (above). And sweet rain boots to walk through slushy snow ;) To shop online: visit the dedicate website. Gosh, I am going to need a new closet...
This launch could take place nowhere other than our Colette store in Paris. Here's the word from their newsletter: "Keith Haring, both artist and activist, has a habit of using his art to serve important social causes, supporting research and caretaking organizations that fight against AIDS. It is with this goal that Tommy Hilfiger Corporate has associated with the Keith Haring Foundation and Artestar LLC."
This February 16th, 2010 was the 20th anniversary of Keith Haring's death. If you are in New York on May 16, join the Keith Haring foundation on their AIDS WALK. The Keith Haring Foundation was established in 1989 to assist AIDS-related and children's charities, and maintains the largest resource of archives on the late artist, Keith Haring.
An extract of Keith Haring's Bio: He was particularly inspired by the beauty and spontaneity of the graffiti he saw in the subways. Graffiti spoke of a world that was hip and streetwise, creative and spontaneous and underground--all that he admired and wanted to be. At the same time, he admired the technical mastery and calligraphic quality of the graffiti artists' 'tags.'
Keith's work and collaboration with graffiti artists were part of the 2009 exhibit at La Fondation Cartier in Paris on the art and history of graffiti.
These expos, which focus on the history and beauty of graffiti, and its influence on art today, are worth checking out. I actually got to go to this one and watched a short documentary on Keith. Really nicely put together.
~Mayta
Sick pic of Haring working on the Berlin wall (above). And sweet rain boots to walk through slushy snow ;) To shop online: visit the dedicate website. Gosh, I am going to need a new closet...
This launch could take place nowhere other than our Colette store in Paris. Here's the word from their newsletter: "Keith Haring, both artist and activist, has a habit of using his art to serve important social causes, supporting research and caretaking organizations that fight against AIDS. It is with this goal that Tommy Hilfiger Corporate has associated with the Keith Haring Foundation and Artestar LLC."This February 16th, 2010 was the 20th anniversary of Keith Haring's death. If you are in New York on May 16, join the Keith Haring foundation on their AIDS WALK. The Keith Haring Foundation was established in 1989 to assist AIDS-related and children's charities, and maintains the largest resource of archives on the late artist, Keith Haring.
An extract of Keith Haring's Bio: He was particularly inspired by the beauty and spontaneity of the graffiti he saw in the subways. Graffiti spoke of a world that was hip and streetwise, creative and spontaneous and underground--all that he admired and wanted to be. At the same time, he admired the technical mastery and calligraphic quality of the graffiti artists' 'tags.'
Keith's work and collaboration with graffiti artists were part of the 2009 exhibit at La Fondation Cartier in Paris on the art and history of graffiti.
These expos, which focus on the history and beauty of graffiti, and its influence on art today, are worth checking out. I actually got to go to this one and watched a short documentary on Keith. Really nicely put together.
~Mayta
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