Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse Graffiti and Rose collection

Stephen Sprouse (September 12, 1953 - March 4, 2004) was a fashion designer and artist credited with pioneering the 1980s mix of "uptown sophistication in clothing with a downtown punk and pop sensibility" .Marc Jacobs and John Galliano,both get inspiration from his design.






Continues Sprouse and Marc Jacobs had been worked together in Paris for Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2001 collection,the first time louis vuitton's historic monogram had become a cancas for creative expression.


When Stephen Sprouse died,Marc Jacobs paid tribute to him by using a leopard print for the Fall/Winter 2006-2007 collection that they had created together but never issued before.And today,for 2009,Marc Jacobs is celebrating the work of Stephen Sprouse by creating a new collection inspired by their original collaboration.





Creative Director Marc Jacobs reinterprets two motifs that best represent the legacy of Stephen Sprouse at Louis Vuitton: the Graffitti, and the Rose.






"I did my best, in a very first degree way, to do what I think Stephen would have done, or has done in terms of fashion," says Jacobs of the 2009 Sprouse tribute collection.


In a celebratory revival of Stephen Sprouse's '80s punk-aesthetic, the motifs are screen printed on Monogram canvas in high-voltage Day-Glo shades of pink, green and orange. The rose motif, which in 2001 was featured only on ready-to-wear items, will now be offered alongside the graffiti print on one of two new limited-edition leather goods lines: Monogram Roses and Monogram Graffiti.

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