#This Week; Extra large Bovan, Madonna and 18K gold hardware.
NOW Gallery 2022 Fashion Commission winner Matty Bovan presents ‘RIBBONS’, an immersive exploration of textiles, moving image and paintings "Ribbons is my most personal project to date, a world built in my truest vision. The films in particular have been a labour of love. Shooting, art directing and working on the soundtracks has allowed me to fully realise and give flesh and bones to what I had set out to achieve.” - Matty Bovan. Open now at the Greenwich Penninsula.
Saint Laurent Rive Droite Sex by Madonna Exhibition curated by Anthony Vaccarello at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 ‘Upon its release in 1992, Madonna’s provocative book became a controversial sensation around the globe, due to its bold erotic content and liberated views of sexual self-expression. Envisioned by one of the most decorated musicians of all time, Sex contained indelible imagery by Steven Meisel as well as written text by Madonna. 30 years later, Sex remains a seminal artifact of culture and style, having paved the way for countless artists’.
Stella McCartney x Yoshitomo Nara Collaboration. "Stella has an iron will, with heart. In our first collaboration, Stella chose which of my artworks she wanted to use and played around with them freely when integrating them into her designs. This time, I selected the artworks I wanted her to use and she once again had the freedom to place them as she wished in her pieces." - Yoshitomo Nara
Aries and Berlin-based fashion tech label XOUXOU collaborate to create phone cases with 18K stainless steel gold hardware, and detachable woven rope ‘using their signature laid-back 90’s lux aesthetic, bold prints and occult inspirations to XOUXOU’s high-quality, forthright functional design’. The collaboration is launched on 1st December.
Burberry host an event for Art Basel in Miami in celebration of art, design and fashion. Including Daniel Lee, Karlie Kloss, Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams, Skepta, Camila Morrone, Derek Blasberg and many more
Ludovic de Saint Sernin is appointed Creative Director of Ann Demeulemeester with their first collection to be unveiled in March 2023 during Paris Fashion Week.
The announcement came in the form of six photos shot by Willy Vanderperre and styled by Olivier Rizzo 'in which he himself embodies pieces from the Ann Demeulemeester archive, interpreting them anew'.