Artist Li Xiaofeng Does Porcelain & Cotton Polos For Lacoste Holiday Collector's Series

above: a detail of the porcelain shard LACOSTE shirt by artist Li Xiaofeng

Since 2006, each year the Lacoste brand commissions a designer, design team or artist to create a special Holiday Collector's Series of of their classic L.12.12 polo shirt. Past designers included Tom Dixon (2006), Michael Young (2007), R.E.M frontman Michael Stipe (2008) and The Campana brothers in 2009.



For 2010, Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng, best known for his porcelain fragment sculptures, has created both an outstanding porcelain sculpture of a LACOSTE shirt as well as wearable Holiday Collector's editions of the L.12.12 Polo for men and women.





The Porcelain Polo
The actual porcelain Lacoste Shirt is the most expensive Lacoste Polo to date. The art piece features porcelain shards printed with Chinese characters, symbols, red phoenix birds and variations of the Lacoste alligator and logotype as well as a wax seal.








the artist at work:

above photos by Miko He


The Cotton Polo
Now, for the actual wearable cotton Lacoste 2010 Holiday Collector's Series L.12.12 polo shirts, which will be be produced in a limited number of 20,000.




The men's and women's wearable cotton polo shirts designed for the Holiday Collector's Series for 2010 by Li Xiaofeng features a textile pattern that emulates broken porcelain shards from the Kangxi Period (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).



This print represents happiness and exuberant youth according to Li Xiaofeng. Originally the reason for images of babies was to promote the births and good health of children in an era of high infant mortality. Li points out that joy continues exist even in a life that is always faced with difficulties, a life where we must continually reassemble the pieces after setbacks. Li photographed each of the shards and placed them in life-sized digital pattern of each part of the polo.



above left: the Men's limited edition polo shirt and right; the Women's version


special thanks to photographer Miko He, Jing Daily and Nels Frye of Stylites for images and information

Tattoo Artist Scott Cambell Designs Bags & Inks Models For Louis Vuitton

Gucci has already introduced a Tattoo-inspired collection of handbags and Chanel introduced their temporary tattoos, so it's no surprise that luxury brand Louis Vuitton has jumped on the tattwagon.

The LVMH company has collaborated with artist and tattoo master Scott Campbell to design some men's bags for the Louis Vuitton 2011 Spring Summer Men's collection. In addition to the leather bags which feature tattoo-inspired images, Scott Campbell also decorated the runway models for the show with temporary tattoos in the form of LV logos and with the same dragon and flourishes he used as imagery on the bags.

The Bags:



detail:






detail:


The Louis Vuitton Tattoos
The tattoos that graced the model's necks, arms and legs are the same designs as Scott incorporated into the leather bags for Louis Vuitton:







Scott, who has received much online attention for his cut-up currency art, is personal friends with Marc Jacobs, the fashion designer and Creative Director for Louis Vuitton. Jacobs sports several of Scott's tatts (both Marc and Scott have his "Bros before Hos" tattoos), so it's no wonder he chose him to design a few pieces and ink the models for the show.


above: Marc Jacobs of Louis Vuitton and artist Scott Campbell backstage at the runway show

Louis Vuitton
images are courtesy of the artist, ilvoelv.com and, with runway photos by Monica Feudi and Gianni Pucci for Style.com.

PRVCY PREMIUM: A Bangin' Booty Can Help Save Breasts

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, so it's even more fitting (pardon the pun) for me to introduce you this fiercely fashionable brand.



PRVCY PREMIUM is a collection of high-end jeans for men and women that bear a signature trio of lines on the back pockets deemed the "lifeline' design. Aside from flattering both the butts of men and women (and many a hot celeb), the back pocket stitching represents the inspiration and cause behind the collection; support for the cure, research and awareness of breast cancer.

The lifeline design is inspired by the leap of faith Carolyn Jones, CEO and Founder, experienced during the last days of her mother, Mrs. Jean James’ life. Mrs. James, who battled with breast cancer, gave her daughter the inspiration to leave her corporate occupation and embark on a journey to find what would give her true happiness. In homage to her mother, Carolyn Jones created the name PRVCY (pronounced Privacy) as her brand name after learning of her mother’s longing for more privacy from her hospital gown.

According to the company CEO, the three threaded “lifeline” design tells the story of complacency in her own professional life to the tragic loss of her mother, only to triumph in a fulfilling career after taking her mother’s advice to strive for passion in her work.



Her passion is evident in the well-made, fiercely fashionable upscale denim line for both men and women. Up to 10% of ALL sales of the PRVCY line go toward breast cancer awareness and free mammogram programs. The company has thus far donated thousands of dollars to fund and provide free mammograms to women across the United States and will continue to do so.

Now that you can appreciate what the company does for breasts, take a look at what their jeans do for your butt. Despite the signature pattern on the back pocket, they have tons of styles and variations in the dyes, colors, stitching, cut and fit. Some have buttons, some are more embellished and they even have a denim skirt and shorts in addition to the jeans.



For women:








For the men:





Skirt:

Shorts:


To see a bunch of very A-list celebrities wearing PRVCY, some wonderful videos, the complete collection and where to buy, visit PRVCY PREMIUM here.



Note that they have another collection as well; Privacy Wear is a more affordable collection, whose partial proceeds also go toward funding mammograms and breast cancer research. This collection includes t-shirts, jean jackets, handbags and sells breast cancer awareness books and online donations.






Shop both collections, Privacy Wear and PRVCY PREMIUM here.