Fans of French luxury brand Louis Vuitton are still seeing spots before their eyes.
The brand's latest collection with Yayoi Kusama comes after a string of highly successful artist collaborations that began in 2002 with Takashi Murakami. It really was only a matter of time before Kusama's idiosyncratic polka dots made their way onto the canvas of Vuitton's famed monogram bags.
The first lineup of polka-dotted items was released worldwide in July, with special concept shops in Tokyo's Isetan Shinjuku and another in Dover Street Market in Ginza. Kusama herself made an appearance at the store's opening event, sporting her signature orange bob and a red-and-white polka-dot sheath dress. The second wave of the collection focuses on Kusama's famous dotted and slouchy pumpkins, and to kick it off, a 2-meter tall pumpkin artwork is being displayed at Matsuya Department Store in Ginza until Sept. 23.
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