Lisa Perry and Jeff Koons Link Up For New Collaboration
Photos courtesy of Lisa Perry
The Rabbit jacket and Loopy dress.
Lisa Perry is enamored of all things Pop Art. After all, the designer collects Warhol and other '60s artists, and she even displays a Jeff Koons diamond sculpture on her balcony.
So it's only appropriate that Koons, the modern inheritor of the Pop mantle, would join up with Perry for a fashion collaboration. The artist is no stranger to the world of fashion and beauty, having lensed a shoot for Harper's Bazaar's September issue, designed special-edition Kiehl's lotions, and frequented the front rows of Edun and Stella McCartney.
A Thursday night dinner celebrating the launch drew an art-meets-fashion crowd that included Tory Burch, Yvonne Force Villareal and W Editor-in-Chief Stefano Tonchi.
Photos courtesy of Lisa Perry
The Monkey Train dress and the Pink Panther dress.
“He gave us full access to his entire body of work,” Perry said in a statement. “It was more inspiration than I could have ever dreamed of!”
The 13-piece collection includes a jacket emblazoned with Koons' famed Rabbit sculpture and dresses based on the artist's 1988 "Pink Panther" sculpture and his "Monkey Train" series. Handbags and jewelry will start at $295, while RTW will range from $150 to $4,500. (Hey, no one said wearable art came cheap!)
