DAMIEN HIRST | OLAF BREUNING

On a recent weekend, I pulled out my Olaf Breuning x Damien Hirst dress for a Panda Bear concert at MoMA PS1.  Combining Hirst's LSD painting with Olaf Breuning's photo of a nude (entitled Damien), the dress combines the work of two artists and was executed by designer Cynthia Rowley.  I love it when art and fashion collide.

Dress: Damien Hirst x Olaf Breuning by Cynthia Rowley for Colette 

Coat: Tracy Reese (same style in a different print here)

Tights: Joe Fresh

Boots: United Nude (similar here)

Breuning image from jeremyriad.com; photos by Kathy Paciello.

SPIN

As much as I will myself to dislike the gaudy, sometimes simplistic, always in-your-face aesthetics of Damien Hirst, I can't deny that I'm continuously drawn to his work.  I had a brief encounter with one of his swirl paintings at The Armory Show over the weekend, which resulted in these photos and plans to create one of my own.  I've no plans to install a shark tank in my apartment...yet.

Dress: vintage (here is a similar one in a pink/purple palette)

Tights: Hue

Handbag: Cynthia Rowley (similar here)

Duotone Suede Loafers: Tod's

[Photos by @kay_elle_pea]