Damien Hirst x Levi’s “The Spin Jeans”

by Eugene Kan, March 18, 2009

damien hirst levis spin jeans Damien Hirst x Levis The Spin Jeans

Putting on one of the most successful art shows of all-time last year and the highest grossing contemporary living artists of all-time, artist Damien Hirst has brought forth a certain style to his definition of art. Bold and brash, he teams up with Levi’s on the release of a new denim style. Hardly wearable, the jeans seen here should be considered much more a re-appropriated piece of art than fashion. A multi-colored splatter pattern covers every square inch of a pair of iconic Levi’s denim. The Spin Jeans comprise of only 8 instances worldwide with a suggested retail price of ¥2,625,000 JPY (approximately $27,000 USD).

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  • http://blog.hopeglory.com c

    this is a joke right?

  • qwerty

    Wow.. that the price of a car.

    Then again, this is a work of art rather than a wearable piece of fashion.

    Hey, if ya can afford it, then great!

  • wsjones1981

    That’s nice, definitely feeling this art piece!

  • lyre

    get real damien, you dont do any of you own your own work, you contract it all, and still you’re unoriginal and ridiculously overpriced

  • ghhg

    lol imagine rocking these.

  • 2

    fugly …hirst isn’t even impressive as an artist

  • al owit

    pls don’t boost this idiots ego anymore. pull this thread. tell him he’s a twat. he’s had his fun, now fuck off.

  • northwest scholar

    You guys need to calm down about if he’s serious about this or how he’s just ridiculous. This isn’t the first time an artist has done something that doesn’t look like much but it’s still a piece of art, and you can’t argue with that. These aren’t meant for wearing. Even if he did contract this stuff, it’s still his original idea. And he is pretty original, or else people wouldn’t be shocked by this.

  • http:///www.myspace.com/mars4change chewbakka

    lol wtf this isnt art. If i get something random and throw paint all over it, would it magically transform into art? haha fuck this guy

  • aSh

    As a work of art I can feel the price specially if its a one of one… but as sum jeans to wear waaaaay over price!!!!

  • JustSayin

    Hey Chewbakka. Fuck you.

  • Mask

    funky jeans, good idea. wayy overpriced. try this with less colors and they would sell like crazy

  • danger

    id rock these wit a white tee white 1s and a fatass blunt

    just have your piece n chain to compliment your unit

  • hype_killz

    yeah i’d post those up on my wall

  • 2legit

    action painting on a pair of levi’s…. haha… how innovative…you should stuff this shit denim into his kisser or so…

  • http://hypebeast jacob cole steele

    u guys have no clue what art work is and no u cant just throw paint on jeans and thats what u come up with if u wear a real hypebeast u would appreciate this

  • dubhead

    With that price tag and the appearance of the pants, it would take a brave soul to wear those in public, but I doubt that’s their purpose. It’s quite obviously an art piece to be framed and hung in a gallery or home.

    There have been plenty of artists in the past whose pieces might be considered questionable but yet time has proved them to be representative of their genre: Mondrian’s Composition series, Pollock’s trademark splatter paintings, or any of Rothko’s or Newman’s artwork.

    To summarize, don’t be so quick to judge and too dense to look deeper into it. After all, Emilio Pucci’s Abstract Expressionism inspired apparel and footwear aren’t so far away from Hirst yet he’s the head of a high fashion house.

  • nickcity

    its a matter of theory and praxis.
    art is not strictly aesthetic.
    people need to respect HIRST
    read one of his books, then tell me he’s a lousy artist.
    the man is a fucking genius.

  • meh

    i think my mom made a pair of these in the 60′s.

  • vulk!!

    any good painter can make these, but the thing is who did it first,sure when you see a concept you can copy . the real ? is ,did he copy from hippies 60s 70s ? think

  • 2b

    He has a lot of key concepts that are really different. I think what makes him dope is he believes in his own work so much that it excites him. He’s more of a marketing guru than an artist…..when you have that much paper it’s easy to say….Ok, now I’m gonna do this…..there’s all this freedom to come up with these wierd ideas….his ideas can’t be beat down…he’s gone to the moon.

  • http://mhapb.wordpress.com mouserz

    who would wear those? they look bloody awful.

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