Photography Chloé Le DrezenFashion / NewsLouis Vuitton teams up with the Chapman brothers againFor his SS17 collection, Kim Jones collaborates with the art troublemakersShareLink copied ✔️June 23, 2016FashionNewsText Ted Stansfield Photography Chloé Le Drezen Louis Vuitton SS17 Menswear This morning at Paris Fashion Week, Kim Jones presented his SS17 collection for Louis Vuitton. As well as “expressing notions of safari and the gentleman traveller”, the collection featured four prints created in collaboration with the enfants terribles of Britart, Jake and Dinos Chapman. Of course, it’s not the first time Jones has collaborated with the pair – back in 2013, he commissioned them to design a print that was featured on the clothing and luggage of the label’s AW13 collection.“I’m not really a planner. I’ve never planned things. I just do stuff. I’ve always wanted to work with Jake and Dinos, and the timing just felt really right,” said Jones in a 2013 interview with Dazed. Like the ones they designed for AW13, the prints debuted this morning also depicted slightly twisted portrayals of animals – elephants, giraffes and zebras – that reflected the collection’s safari theme. “There’s always something a little London hidden somewhere, though. This time, it is the influence of punk – albeit via Africa, where Frank Marshall’s Renegades portrait series of Botswana biker gangs in heavy leather depicts the fusion of two disparate aesthetics. Add a third, the French elegance of Louis Vuitton,” said the designer, who grew up in Africa, in the show notes. However there was also an element of fetishism in the collection – models wore leather chokers and padlock necklaces around their necks, and latex coats branded with the LV monogram. Backstage at Louis Vuitton SS17 MenswearPhotography Chloé Le DrezenEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingTender portraits of Vietnamese youth in BerlinPhotographer Tracy Dong’s series Reassemblage portrays her chosen home among the Vietnamese diaspora in Berlin, and rectifies an act of historical erasureArt & PhotographyMusic‘Korn is the cement of my being’: Portraits of metal fans in Mexico City PumaFashionSalehe Bembury’s Puma collection is a love letter to the football communityLife & CultureIlia Malinin breaks the ice – and his silenceFilm & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workMusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’Art & PhotographyDressing for a ball: Dazed serves football couture for summerBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaArts+CultureThe man building a nuclear bomb shelter for Kim and KanyeEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy