Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

A vital luxury brand has to engage and reflect a contemporary world to maintain its relevancy.

The ideas about to be expressed are not all mine. They were gleaned during a dinner conversation at Kingdom in Bushwick, which is a pretty funny place to have a sustained conversation about "luxury".

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster + Ghesquière + Sauvé + Hardy =excellence in quality of thinking. Image via style.com

I mean that collection could singlehandedly render Beaugrenelle the new capital of branchitude. Rife with art school drops outs from oh-so- good families.

“hybrid presentations of borderline topics” meets “sentimental research on stimulating links"

“HUMAN VALLEY” is a one-year project for hybrid presentations of borderline topics by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Tristan Bera for Kunsthalle Zürich at the Museum Bärengasse.

Balenciaga's new 5 rue de Varenne men's store. Image via WWD.com

I can just see you now, clanking down that Dominique-Gonzalez Foerster illuminated gangway

Laren/Elite, Freja/IMG staggering out in Balenciaga's disgustingly brilliant Fall/Winter 10 collection. Image via nowfashion.com

Methinks Mr Ghesquiere just put every last directional fashion house on blast.

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Art Break Feb 3 2010