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MAD's Ma Yansong teams with FENDI for new ergonomic fashion collection

2024-09-20T14:50:00-04:00

Promising what it called a "radical design gesture at the intersection of fashion and architecture," MAD Architects has unveiled their fashion collaboration with Fendi. The collection designed by founder Ma Yansong for the Italian luxury retailer was first seen during the brand’s runway presentation for Men’s Fashion Week in Milan this January.

Image credit: Courtesy of Fendi

A play on the duality of materials and form provides the reference for the new Peekaboo ISeeU bag and FENDI MAD sneakers, which come in dove gray-safety yellow or black-on-black colorways.

Image credit: Courtesy of Fendi

The bags, deconstructed with varnished aluminum wave inserts that break up the smoothed leather surface of their facades, are hewn in Cuoio Romano grain leather. The slip-on shoes, also available in an off-white/silver colorway, are made from mesh with injection-molded soles and similar metallic details. This is the architect’s first foray into the lucrative ready-to-wear market following a prev...

Frank Gehry designs Louis Vuitton handbag collection for Art Basel Miami Beach

2023-12-12T12:53:00-05:00

The 21st edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, which took place last week, featured a special capsule collection from Frank Gehry for Louis Vuitton. The latest in a string of creative product collaborations that have to date included a special fragrance bottle design and the 2014 'Iconoclasts' series contribution offers a “reinterpretation” of the brand’s iconic Capucines bag designed to encapsulate four themes: 'Architecture and Form,' 'Material Exploration,' 'Animals,' and the 'Twisted Box.'

Image courtesy Louis Vuitton.

“It is hard to adjust the existing Capucines shape, which is very strong. We had been working on that design graphically in 2D, and the images that we had made were compelling. I was skeptical that the architectural shape would be strong enough, though,” Gehry explained in Vogue. “The final bag not only got the sculptural feeling that I was looking for, but it also has the graphic quality that we liked.”

The fluid fish motif Gehry has revisited tim...