{♥} one of the latest news on vogue from the Paris 2011 couture show was about the launch of a limited-edition accessories line called the {rendez- vous} collection from roger vivier. i am pretty amazed by their silk pump, ‘nouvelle vague’ (new wave) as i look at those embodiment of cute flowers constructed out of colorful beads and wood petals. aren’t they familiar to you,too? if you are a louis vuitton disciple, the limited edition ‘cosmic blossoms’ line created by japanese artist takashi murakami for spring/summer 2010 must have caught your attention,too. YES! they are both belong to the same type of ‘genre’ of ‘smiling flowers’ in both roger vivier and louis vuitton school! {check out tokyobunnie for more pictures of ‘cosmic blossom’ collection}

what makes you smile? takashi murakami has once said in his MOCA exhibition tour that he created ‘smiling flowers’ in ‘kawai vacation’ {see the painting below} to bring a message to the children as well- you have to smile no matter how hard life is treating you. i guess that when you see thousands of smiling flowers, you’ll have to smile anyways! {and of course, when i see the deliciously playful tutti sweety bracelet, i think of some colorful japanese jelly candies which make me smile like a little girl!}

i like the way high fashion and contemporary art collaborate together and bring beautiful smiles on people’s faces.

{end note: the tutti sweety bracelet is LV’s fashion jewelry, which was not designed by takashi murakami}

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{kawai vacation by takashi murakami & other works}, {new vague silk pump by roger viver}, {similing flower}, {tutti sweety bracelet}