Impossible True Love Purple Shirt

the Piece

"Impossible True Love"a beautiful artwork by Christophe Chemin that became the key part of one of the most recognizable modern archive pieces. 

This Version of the shirt was part of Prada's Fall Winter 2018 Collection which unveiled a new colourway of the shirt including a new logo patch. 

„There is one motif that everyone loves: the kissing couple, that looks cheesy at first glance. I was interested in the artificiality of the moment, it is like a collage of different time levels” “It is the Egyptian goddess Isis. She wears a Cleopatra bracelet, which seems to have led everyone astray, and kisses a young soldier. A woman of great power and a man who is at the mercy of the state. I found this contrast exciting. Miuccia really wanted to bring back total kitsch, like those pictures of kissing couples on posters of historic ham from the sixties. People love it when two people kiss in the movie, but when two people do that next to them on the subway they feel disgusted.“

- Christophe Chemin

the Collection

We all remember 2016 as a very great year in fashion, but especially the collaboration between Prada and Berlin-based French Artist Christophe Chemin was one of our highlights. He created ink and pencil illustrations based on an evolving dialogue between him and Prada, which started with a conversation on Instagram with Fabio Zambernadi, Prada’s chef of design. The outcome was a hugely successful collection full of pieces that featured unique drawings from Chemin, all exclusively created for Prada.

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