ART & SOUL
1 ORGANISED CHAOS
Anderson’s muses range far and wide but tend to have one thing in common: They defy categorisation. For LOEWE’s fall/winter 2021 menswear collection, it was Tulsa-raised queer artist Joe Brainard who served as Anderson’s figure of inspiration. With traces of rave, punk and grunge, this collection is a subcultural patchwork of sorts. There is a poetic symmetry to both their practices—Brainard’s multidisciplinary collage work mirrors Anderson’s penchant for bricolage. In particular, look out for the bags that now double as canvases for Brainard’s iconic pansies.
2 A STITCH IN TIME
There’s something undeniably quaint about embroidery. Its tactile texture juxtaposed against the overlocking stitch, for example, is the difference between a handwritten letter and a typed one. And how perfectly paired this is with the ethos of LOEWE, a house that is intently devout to the making and slowness of craft. You’ll see the art of embroidery gracing the surfaces of many a LOEWE product—from its classic Amazona bag to the more contemporary bucket hat—and it’s no surprise why.
