TFG Exclusive: Off the Grid

When museum events and fashion combine, you won't find a happier girl than me. I consider museums my church and fashion my soul. Combine that with my Angeleno pride, and you get a girl ready to jump out of bed to beat the early morning traffic and make her way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to check out the Wear LACMA products for this special Off the Grid post.  

LACMA storefront for Wear LACMA

Wear LACMA is a new fashion line featuring limited-edition pieces created by some of Los Angeles’ top designers and inspired by the museum’s permanent collection. The pieces will be sold exclusively at the LACMA store. The art and fashion project aims to bring focus to the LA art and fashion scene. In its first collaboration, Wear LACMA is featuring exclusive designs by Johnson Hartig for Libertine and Gregory Parkinson. 

Libertine for Wear LACMA

Hartig’s “Libertine for LACMA” totes ($65), tees ($95), and blazers ($1500), drew on design elements from Thomas Lawrence’s Portrait of Arthur Atherley as an Etonian (below) with a playful twist on the white of the shirt being altered to say "LACMA" repeatedly.

Meanwhile, Parkinson's designs included a little girl's tie-dyed dress inspired by Adriaen Coorte’s Wild Strawberries in a Wan Li Bowl (below) as well as two designs for women made of lace with frayed edges.

Gregory Parkinson for Wear LACMA

All proceeds of the sales of the clothing line go to support LACMA. The museum's efforts in immersing itself in the L.A. music, film, and fashion scene are truly worth your money. We just wonder if any of the future designers will take on one of our all-time favorite pieces, David Hockney's Mullholland Drive: The Road to the Studio.