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What We’ve Read: Ralph Lauren Marks its Stirrup Watch’s Tenth Year while Burberry Appoints Riccardo Tisci

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Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

Over the last decade, collaborations between luxury brands and contemporary artists have gone beyond mere artistic partnerships towards a new kind of luxury branding.

PARIS – Art and fashion have always developed side by side, for fashion, like art, often gives visual expression to the cultural zeitgeist. During the 1920s, Salvador Dalí created dresses for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiapparelli. In the 1930s, Ferragamo’s shoes commissioned designs for advertisements from Futurist painter Lucio Venna, while Gianni Versace commissioned works from artists such as Alighiero Boetti and Roy Lichtenstein for the launch of his collections. Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection, recently auctioned at Christie’s in Paris, testified to his great love of art and revealed the influence of a variety of artists on his own designs.

In the 1980s, relationships between luxury brands and artists were advanced when Alain Dominique Perrin created the Fondation Cartier. In the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, a book marking the foundation’s 20th anniversary, Perrin says he makes “a connection between all the different sorts of arts, and luxury goods are a kind of art. Luxury goods are handicrafts of art, applied art.”

The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemparain building in Paris

Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

1. Burberry Names Riccardo Tisci as Its Chief Creative Officer

The former Givenchy designer will succeed Christopher Bailey at the British heritage brand.

Read this on NYTimes.

2. Ralph Lauren's Equestrian Style Endures, Designer Celebrates 10 Years Of Stirrup Watch Collection

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Ralph Lauren's stirrup watch collection. The brand has created smaller, more feminine timepieces that offer an understated elegance.

Read this on Forbes.

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3. Who Will LVMH and Kering Buy Next?

A deal with Chanel, Richemont or Prada would change the industry's structure.

Read this on Business of Fashion.

4. Breitling CEO Says Dubai Watch Sales Bucking the Trend

Breitling CEO Georges Kern discusses the success of luxury watch sales in Dubai.

Read this on Bloomberg.

Cover image credit: Ralph Lauren

Camille Lake

Writer, Luxury Society

Before joining the editorial team at Luxury Society, Camille worked with a South African magazine, The Month, as well as a Swiss digital publication, Luxuria Lifestyle. She then went on to join the team at a leading business publication in Geneva, Bilan Magazine.

LEADERS

What We’ve Read: Ralph Lauren Marks its Stirrup Watch’s Tenth Year while Burberry Appoints Riccardo Tisci

by

Camille Lake

|

This is the featured image caption
Credit : This is the featured image credit

Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

Over the last decade, collaborations between luxury brands and contemporary artists have gone beyond mere artistic partnerships towards a new kind of luxury branding.

PARIS – Art and fashion have always developed side by side, for fashion, like art, often gives visual expression to the cultural zeitgeist. During the 1920s, Salvador Dalí created dresses for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiapparelli. In the 1930s, Ferragamo’s shoes commissioned designs for advertisements from Futurist painter Lucio Venna, while Gianni Versace commissioned works from artists such as Alighiero Boetti and Roy Lichtenstein for the launch of his collections. Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection, recently auctioned at Christie’s in Paris, testified to his great love of art and revealed the influence of a variety of artists on his own designs.

In the 1980s, relationships between luxury brands and artists were advanced when Alain Dominique Perrin created the Fondation Cartier. In the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, a book marking the foundation’s 20th anniversary, Perrin says he makes “a connection between all the different sorts of arts, and luxury goods are a kind of art. Luxury goods are handicrafts of art, applied art.”

The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemparain building in Paris

Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

1. Burberry Names Riccardo Tisci as Its Chief Creative Officer

The former Givenchy designer will succeed Christopher Bailey at the British heritage brand.

Read this on NYTimes.

2. Ralph Lauren's Equestrian Style Endures, Designer Celebrates 10 Years Of Stirrup Watch Collection

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Ralph Lauren's stirrup watch collection. The brand has created smaller, more feminine timepieces that offer an understated elegance.

Read this on Forbes.

Join Luxury Society to have more articles like this delivered directly to your inbox

3. Who Will LVMH and Kering Buy Next?

A deal with Chanel, Richemont or Prada would change the industry's structure.

Read this on Business of Fashion.

4. Breitling CEO Says Dubai Watch Sales Bucking the Trend

Breitling CEO Georges Kern discusses the success of luxury watch sales in Dubai.

Read this on Bloomberg.

Cover image credit: Ralph Lauren

Camille Lake

Writer, Luxury Society

Before joining the editorial team at Luxury Society, Camille worked with a South African magazine, The Month, as well as a Swiss digital publication, Luxuria Lifestyle. She then went on to join the team at a leading business publication in Geneva, Bilan Magazine.

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