It may be gray winter skies in Paris but the Stephen Sprouse windows at the flagship Louis Vuitton shop are brightening the Champs Elysees with a riot of dayglo colors and black graffiti scrawl. Hot pink, fluorescent green, and shout out orange burst on to T-shirts, swimsuits, jeans, shoes and bags. As you all know I am a sneaker freak, and I am coveting the high tops with orange mesh, black patent straps, and bright green trim. The spring line is Marc Jacob's homage to late Stephen Sprouse, who was a mentor and an inspiration to him.
Sprouse is also being feted with a show at the Deitch Projects Gallery in New York and a new coffee table titled The Stephen Sprouse Book with a forward by Tama Janowitz.
I still own a Sprouse bathing suit in black spandex with hot pink lettering on it from the 1980's but I will not admit whether it still fits or not.
Stephen Sprouse for Louis Vuitton
101 Avenue des Champs-Elysées, 8arr.
Metro: George V
www.louisvuitton.com
I want these NOW- can anybody get them wholesale for me?
I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
Oh, Richard. You are sooooo chartreuse!!!!!!! (and pink) Love it!
Posted by: lynn | January 28, 2009 at 08:23 PM
It's great to see his high-wattage grafitti again!
Posted by: judy | January 28, 2009 at 10:59 PM