Leyla Sawyer
You literally can have a multi-million dollar piece of Vincent Van Gogh art in your feet. The Van Gogh Museum, which lives in Amsterdam, is a space dedicated to the legacy of the Dutch artist.
Choosing four of Van Gogh’s main bodies of work such as Skull, Almond Blossom, Sunflowers and Van Gogh’s self-portrait, the studies come to life across the vamps of the featured footwear silhouettes, tees, hoodies, backpack and hat, along with Van Gogh’s human skull placed across each model with subtle details of the artist’s handwriting and brush strokes hidden in a reimagined checkerboard print. Additionally, an ode to Van Gogh’s drawing titled Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman is printed across the Old Skool and a special Classic Slip-On that features excerpts from handwritten letters from Vincent to his brother, Theo.
