Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama Team Up for an Ethereal Night in Hong Kong

Louis Vuitton celebrated their storied re-partnership with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama last night in Hong Kong. The collection, which has fallen neatly in line with much of her sought-after artworks, features her signature polka-dotted patterns and motifs across luxury handbags from the iconic French maison.

Housed at the Lightwell Hall at M+, the event paid homage to Kusama’s hypnotic legacy through mesmerizing lighting visuals that submerged the ground floor of the institution. In attendance were a number of fans, influencers and celebrities, including Hanna Chan, Amy Lo, Elva Ni, TIAB, Will Or, Kevin Chu, Kenji Fan, Sabrina Cheung, Stephanie Au, Cecilia Yeung, Jason Wu, Andrew Mok and many more. Dai Pai Dong night markets, a cultural mainstay within the Hong Kong culinary scene, added to the festivities while continuing the polka-dotted theme on Dai Pai Dong-style round tables and chairs.

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Performances were aplenty, as artist Jing Pang showcased “The Glamorous Turbulence” — a dynamic piece that comments on the dualities of life — from the connections between the body and spirituality, subject and object, the active and passive, limitation and freedom, past and future, being and nothing. Hong Kong composer Fung Lam complemented the performance through a rendition of “Listen to Kusama” — a dramatic score that draws on dance and theater. As the dial ticked up a notch, DJ duo JVSY turned up the crowd to a blend of house, techno, electronica and nu-jazz, while visual artist moon.noon created abstracted vignettes from data, light and sound.

Ten years after their first collaboration, Kusama and Louis Vuitton took the notion of timeless quality, emblematic of both the artist and fashion house, and propelled it towards the infinite.

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