Less than two months ago, the work of Li Xiaofeng was seen in connection with another fashion brand. A Qipao made of pot shards is now on the second floor of the new Huaihai Road Louis Vuitton store in the most powerful megalopolis our world has ever seen.
Li Xiaofeng commented that the degree of cooperation with Lacoste makes the sale of an already existing piece of art to Louis Vuitton seem rather limited in comparison. The innovativeness of Lacoste is impressive, in his opinion. For the Holiday Collector’s Series 2010, they commissioned him to create a unique porcelain shard sculpture just for their brand. Then, together with Li, they created a series of shirts with prints based on this sculpture.
As of today, the sculpture that Li created, working overtime during the last month, is now in French customs. Let’s hope that it makes it here for the party on Friday.
Let’s not belittle the efforts of mighty LV. As explained here, Louis Vuitton made the audacious move of opening two large shops on one day in the same city. “Shanghai is very special for us” said LV Chairman and CEO Yves Carcelle, which sounds like typical corporate emptiness but for the fact that Shanghai truly is unique in the size and speed of growth in its appetite for luxury goods.
