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#Repost @lacroixofficiel ・・・ Rendez-vous sur notre eshop pour redécouvrir le sweatshirt “Jardin Secret” issu de notre collection Anniversaire #BKxCL en édition limitée ! 🎈Link in bio 👀 Shop now the “Jardin Secret” sweatshirt from our BKxCL anniversary collection in limited edition! #ChristianLacroix #BrianKenny #Lacroix30ans #CapsuleCollection #Anniversary #Fashion #LimitedEdition #Paris (at New York, New York)

LIBERTY PARADE is my re-imagining of an existing Christian Lacroix scarf design featuring Mr. Lacroix’s gorgeous, free-flowing illustrations. Knowing my flair for extrapolation, the house asked me to use his design as a starting point to create something new. I let Lacroix’s illustrations guide me as I riffed on the color combinations, characters and line work of the original. Some new characters are introduced while others are echoed and embellished to create a composition where Lacroix’s drawings and my own whirl together symbiotically in a kind of vibrant dreamlike dance.. The image has been printed BIG (55 x 55 inches) on linen and silk as a limited edition (numbered) scarf (or to hang as art!), and also as a large cushion. In case you’re still doing a bit of holiday shopping, you can find these and more of my special #lacroix30ans collection for @lacroixofficiel via the link in my bio or thru Christian-Lacroix.com 🎁 (at New York, New York)

I am very excited and pleased to announce the official launch of the 30th anniversary collection I designed in collaboration with the house of Christian Lacroix! This project was a year in the making and a huge labor of love and imagination.✨ My heartfelt thanks to creative director @sacha.walckhoff and CEO @nicolas.topiol for putting your faith in me. 🙏 If you’re in LA, come join me in celebrating, shop the collection and check out over 30 original artworks Ive created this evening at Ron Robinson in downtown Santa Monica (5-8pm RSVP: [email protected]) The collection will be available online worldwide starting November 14. 🌎 @lacroixofficiel @ronrobinson78 #lacroix30ans (at RONROBINSON)

☝️“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” -Shakespeare ✌️(music: “Ayxita, Wake Up” by @yvestumor #animationBK #lacroix30ans #BKxCL

Animation has always been a passion of mine. When I was a kid, I spent countless hours creating stop-motion animated videos using my toys and clay. My parents had one of those big clunky VHS camcorders and I found a way by clicking on and off the record button using the red ‘recording’ light as a guide to use my toys and imagination to create epic narratives like “World Conquest 2” (1995) which despite on the surface being a story about an angry mad scientist trying to destroy the world, then changing his mind (after making some friends), was actually much more of a reflection about my own insecurity and self-rejection, alongside a deep desire to be loved and accepted by others. At the time I was beginning to realize I was different, that I was more ‘artistic’ than sporty, that I liked boys, which was horrifying to me growing up in a anti-gay, catholic and conservative environment. I’m grateful I had a tools like drawing, animation, and story-telling to help me deal with all the inner turmoil. I’m even more grateful that the world is more tolerant and loving towards queer people than ever before (YEAH Australia!) I still turn to art as a form of self-therapy. Creativity is my savior. Below is another animation I created from one of my paintings that is featured in the #Lacroix30ans collection. It’s an ode to the joy of imagination. #animationBK

suitable colors for the fall (📷:@gregoirealexandre) #lacroix30ans (at Christian Lacroix)

SKY (2017), acrylic, vinyl, cotton and silk appliqué banner, 29.5 x 19.5 inches. #bannerBK #lacroix30ans (at Santa Monica, California)