H&M collaborates on new collection with Ev Bravado and Téla D’Amore
H&M has teamed up with New York-based fashion designers Ev Bravado and Téla D’Amore on a 30-piece collection featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat’s works.
Available online and in selected H&M stores, the range merges some of Basquiat’s imagery and rarely seen artworks with Bravado and D’Amore’s stained glass motifs and designs.
Semi-finalists for the 2024 LVMH Prize and finalists for the 2023 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, Ev Bravado and Téla D’Amore are known for their crafted pieces, expert garment distressing and upcycled denim.
Ev Bravado and Téla D’Amore said: “For us, Basquiat has always been an influential and larger than life figure. To be able to comb through his archives and select rarely referenced artworks is a blessing.
“The Basquiat estate has been super supportive of our unique vision. Providing this collection on a worldwide scale with H&M makes it ten times more special because it will be largely accessible.”
The collection includes tailoring, jackets, short-sleeve shirts, jeans, hoodies and t-shirts, as well as a dress, skirt and corset top, and a range of accessories. This includes a black blazer with Basquiat’s scribbles about jazz greats Charlie Parker and Miles Davis (Discography 1, 1984), and black leather trousers referencing the artworks Untitled (Ideal), 1988 and Untitled (World Famous), 1983.
Ana Hernández, menswear designer at H&M, said: “Ev and Téla have translated Basquiat’s iconic art through a contemporary lens, resulting in a collection that feels new, meaningful and exciting. They also have a deep understanding and connection to Basquiat’s life, values and art – and how it all resonates with today’s cultural climate.
“This collection follows their maximalist, ‘more is more’ designs, but the artistic approach really ties into Basquiat and makes the collaboration a standout.”
