.givenchy 's creative director is taking his affection for Disney to a new zenith by forging a long-term collaboration between the entertainment conglomerate and the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-owned fashion house he leads.
Givenchy is to begin teasing the collaboration on its social channels on Monday, describing “The Wonder Gallery” as an “imaginary realm tinged with nostalgia” with “classic Disney iconography and character silhouettes accompanied by Givenchy signatures.”and the padlocks that Williams introduced as a new brand code shortly after he arrived at the house in June 2020.
Givenchy said it worked closely with Walt Disney Animation Studios to design pieces featuring such iconic cartoon characters as Bambi, Perdita and Pongo from “101 Dalmatians,” Elsa and Olaf from “Frozen” and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, created in 1927 by Walt Disney for Universal Pictures and the long-eared precursor to Mickey Mouse.
Williams has made hand-drawn characters a feature of his Givenchy collections, conscripting Seattle-born, Mexico-based graphic artist Chito to decorate the brand’s resort 2022 collection with air-brushed dogs and sad clowns, laterFor spring 2022, Williams collaborated with American artist Josh Smith, who applied such ghoulish, psychedelic motifs as carved pumpkins and the Grim Reaper to clothes and accessories.
Bambi made a brief appearance previously at Givenchy on a sweatshirt in the fall 2013 collection. The item has traded in recent years for more than $500 on resale sites including The RealReal and Grailed.