In the realm of fashion, Parisian uber-boutique Colette has a virtually untouchable reputation. Groundbreaking, forward-thinking and unafraid to challenge convention, the  shop has brought a curatorial mindset to retailing not just clothing, but music, art, beauty products, and accessories. As with much cutting edge fashion, sometimes their choices challenge ideas of propriety and good taste.

For their latest art exhibition, the store invited Comenius Roethlisberger to show large blocks of chocolate embellished with iconic luxury logos including Dior, Chanel, and Ferrari. "Dearest Constellation, Sweetest Invitiation" takes things a step or two beyond postmodern irony and referentialism, ensuring that the logos themselves stand out against the rich, delicious brown of the chocolate thanks to a mixture of sugar and cocaine. Yes, cocaine. Here's hoping nobody does a line of Roethlisberger's work and the police don't bust the store in the middle of Paris Fashion Week.

The artist explains the exhibition on their website in somewhat broken English: "Insolence, fantasy, cynicism, his work incriminates imaging, and fashion or advertising shots, letting no one unconcerned." Any French-speaking readers care to check out the francophone version of the news item on Colette's website and post a better translation in the comments here?









Posted by James Friedman

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