Damien Hirst Collaborates with Balenciaga: Butterfly, Spot Painting, and Other Signature Motifs on Bags
Damien Hirst has collaborated with Balenciaga to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Le City bag, applying his butterfly, spot, and spin painting motifs to bags and accessories.Summary
Balenciaga has announced a collaboration with leading British contemporary artist Damien Hirst titled "Balenciaga | Damien Hirst," marking the 25th anniversary of the iconic Le City bag launched in 2001. The collection overlays Hirst's long-explored concept of the "icon" with Le City's history as a fashion icon, crossing the boundary between art and fashion.
The collection reconfigures motifs that recur throughout Hirst's work: an original pattern combining vivid perfect-circle spots with simplified butterfly silhouettes, a mandala composed of transformed butterfly wings, designs reinterpreting his signature works as embroidered patches, and pieces incorporating his "spin paintings" characterized by centrifugal paint spread. Le City's soft form and distinctive metal hardware are layered with Hirst's signature color and visual rhythm. Hirst has long addressed themes such as life and death, beauty, rebirth, and faith through spots and butterflies, and this collaboration extends that expression into the everyday realm of fashion.
The collection comprises Le City bags in mini, small, medium, and large sizes, along with wallets, pouches, card holders, and micro bag charms. Each item features its own graphic along with "Damienciaga," a coined word handwritten by Hirst.
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