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Louis Vuitton x Murakami Pop-Up

The Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop-up in SoHo, New York.

116 Greene St, New York, NY 10012, USA

The last time Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami teamed up was in 2003. The Japanese artist’s smiling flowers and cartoon characters snuck onto Vuitton handbags, marking the beginning of high fashion’s collision with pop streetwear. Two decades later, the brand is doing it again, and this time there are accessories and skateboards involved as well. To usher in the new collection, pop-up stores are appearing in Milan, London, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. An iteration in SoHo is inspired by Tokyo’s capsule hotels, where patrons sleep in sleekly designed pods. It contains an exhibition, and a downstairs cinema, too, where two Superflat movies by Murakami, from 2003, will be screened. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Brad Dickson