Thanks to a new capsule collection by achingly-hip retailer Opening Ceremony, you can now wear the surrealist eyes and lips of Belgian painter René Magritte on your body and feet. The Opening Ceremony x Magritte capsule collection, to drop in the summer, also includes footwear collaborations with three powerhouse brands: Manolo Blahnik, Vans and Birkenstock.
Previewing to the press at London Fashion Week on February 15 were 12 of Magritte’s works reproduced on clothing and accessories. Magritte's iconic painting Scheherezade (1950) is featured in the form of a dress, top and pearl-embroidered bomber jacket. Manolo Blahnik made a stiletto featuring The Blow to the Heart (1952), while an open-toe Birkenstock sandal interprets Double Reality (1936), and the classic Vans lace-up is a take on The King Museum (1966). Yet other styles paying tribute to the artist's poetically weird visual language include motifs from Ladder of Fire (1934) and the veiled heads of The Lovers (1928).
The use of unique fabrics, embroideries and innovative design details are also special features of the collection. The women’s clothing ranges from embroidered neoprene zip tunics, rayon jersey shell and seamed dresses to stretch denim jeans, denim skirts, handkerchief skirts, twill fluted skirts, fitted t-shirts, and Bermuda shorts. The men’s range includes neoprene sweatshirts, zippered t-shirts, printed twill pants and shirts, nylon coats, short sleeve knitted sweaters, nylon bombers, and reversible nylon/neoprene jackets.
According to a statement by Opening Ceremony, this capsule collection "continues a theme that Magritte was most interested in: extreme juxtapositions between combinations of objects, and the ordinary versus the abstract."
The Opening Ceremony x Magritte collection will be available at Opening Ceremony retail stores, openingceremony.us and in select international retailers mid May 2014.
