{"id":6044,"date":"2026-01-16T12:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.lineapelle-fair.it\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:22:33","slug":"fashion-and-art-an-increasingly-culturally-stimulating-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.lineapelle-fair.it\/en\/focus-en\/fashion-and-art-an-increasingly-culturally-stimulating-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion and art: an (increasingly) culturally stimulating relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting from sporadic initiatives, often linked to marketing, the relationship between fashion, luxury and art has increasingly transformed into a phenomenon of cultural activation. While the examples currently grow in number, Bernstein analyzed this trend and crowned the art champion of the moment<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

by Massimiliano Viti<\/p>\n

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From the partnership between the French brand\u00a0Dom P\u00e9rignon<\/strong>\u00a0(year 2003 and 2004, produced by Mo\u00eb et Chandon) and\u00a0Jeff Koons<\/strong>, and the one between\u00a0Deodato Arte<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Delvaux<\/strong>\u00a0celebrated in Milan before Christmas 2025. Between these two temporal extremes lie more than 20 years during which\u00a0the bond between luxury and art has evolved<\/strong>. But, how? It\u2019s easy: starting from sporadic initiatives, often linked to marketing, it has increasingly transformed into\u00a0a phenomenon of cultural activation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A matter of connections<\/h3>\n

In 2003, Jeff Koons, one of the most controversial and talked-about artists in contemporary art, designed an eccentric support named \u201cBalloon Venus<\/strong>\u201d. Inside, it held a bottle of Dom P\u00e9rignon inspired by the Venus of Willendorf; the example that mostly reflects and represents the idea and the socioeconomic logic expressed by this collaboration. Truly different is the\u00a0live performance<\/strong>\u00a0carried out by the French artist\u00a0Maxime Siau<\/strong>\u00a0who, on December 10, at the Deodato Arte gallery (situated in Nerino street, Milan) personalized various bags from the brand Delvaux.<\/p>\n

In the coming months, the partnership will deliver other events to the Italian boutiques of Delvaux and the spaces of Deodato Arte, creating\u00a0connections between contemporary creativity and artisan traditions<\/strong>. The initiative is based on a program aimed at the creation of an open dialogue between Delvaux and fine arts, through the strict collaboration with the\u00a0Magritte Museum<\/strong>, located in Bruxelles, and by working alongside with the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique<\/strong>\u00a0for the restoration of \u201cThe Americans\u201d, the majestic fresco realized by Saul Steinberg.<\/p>\n

Art is a form of enhanced luxury<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Delvaux is only the latest example of the increasingly intense and symbiotic relationship between luxury and art. Bernstein carried out a study in which he evaluated\u00a0which luxury group<\/strong>\u00a0is the closest to reach this association with the world of art, and he took into consideration\u00a0all the strategies<\/strong>\u00a0that are being carried out by brands. For instance: by\u00a0financing\u00a0<\/strong>the restoration of artworks and monuments, by\u00a0supporting\u00a0<\/strong>events or by\u00a0sponsoring\u00a0<\/strong>museums and art galleries. Then, by\u00a0partnering\u00a0<\/strong>with artists in order to realize special editions and entire ad hoc collections. In addition, by\u00a0hiring\u00a0<\/strong>starchitects for the designing of new boutiques and, finally, by\u00a0organizing\u00a0<\/strong>special exhibitions in museums with their own products.<\/p>\n

So, therefore, for Berstein<\/a> the race to join the world of art is currently being won by\u00a0LVMH<\/strong>, followed by\u00a0Kering\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Chanel<\/strong>. \u201cArt is an enhanced form of luxury, in which every link between price and production costs of a specific object is irrelevant\u201d, as highlighted by Bernstein\u2019s analysts. \u201cThe value of art, as of beauty, is in the eye of the beholder\u201d. It has always been intimately associated with craftsmanship and considered a luxury, which essentially means that you spend money on art when you have already satisfied the most basic needs in Maslow\u2019s hierarchy (psychological theory represented by the hierarchical pyramid of human needs, editor\u2019s note).<\/p>\n

Cultural activation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The report underlines how luxury brands are taking advantage of art in order to \u201clight up the desire<\/strong>\u201d of consumers by inciting feelings capable of overcoming any kind of obstacles: social, cultural, territorial or mental barriers. Bernstein actually revolves around more \u201cconcrete\u201d considerations, by demonstrating how the same product could be\u00a0sold at a higher price\u00a0<\/strong>when it contains the creation of an artist. An example is the\u00a0Nano Speedy<\/strong>\u00a0bag by Louis Vuitton. This piece, from an original price of sale that is established at 1260 pounds, rises up to 1740 pounds in the\u00a0Yayoi Kusama<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0version.<\/p>\n

Fast fashion emulation\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The association with art works so well for luxury (even from an economic point of view) that the biggest\u00a0fast fashion<\/strong>\u00a0brands are experimenting with it.\u00a0Uniqlo\u00a0<\/strong>offered free admission to the MOMA in New York on Friday evenings. Meanwhile,\u00a0Zara<\/strong>, the flagship brand of the Spanish Inditex, for celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding, invited various artists to design unique pieces, available in limited edition. A large number of examples for a path that seems to be just at its start.<\/p>\n

In the picture, taken from the Instagram profile yayoikusama.dots, one of the artistic projects of Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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