Style Edit: How Delvaux and artist Kasper Bosmans joined forces to create the Belgian leather goods house’s spring/summer 2024 collection, updating classic handbags from an archive of 3,000 designs
Delvaux’s spring/summer 2024 collection is an exchange of ideas and aesthetics between the house and the artist, inspired by mutualism – the beneficial interaction between different species. Like bees and flowers, or algae and coral, Delvaux and Bosmans nourish each other, finding symmetry in their bold pursuit of beauty.
Both with roots in Belgian heritage, Delvaux and Bosmans combined their ideas to create a collection that blurs the lines between product and art.
Renowned for extracting striking visuals from historic emblems and imagery, Bosmans was invited to create a collection with Delvaux after its CEO, Jean-Marc Loubier, chanced upon Bosmans’ work at the Wiels foundation in 2022. Bosmans’ work is a modern interpretation of graphic identifiers of a bygone era.
Loubier was struck by the overlapping connections with Delvaux and thus, a collection inspired by history, identity and culture was born.
This symbiotic meeting of the minds between a young artist and the world’s oldest leather goods house brought 10 new styles to Delvaux’s emblematic products, including classics like the Tempête bag.
Enhancing the Cool Box bag designs are visually striking graphics drawn from Bosman’s work, resulting in a new range of timeless leather pieces.
Among Delvaux’s archives of more than 3,000 designs, the Brillant bag, first designed in 1958 and still synonymous with the house, is newly interpreted in black with graphic emblems painted all over.
The Pin, designed in 1972, gets vibrant new looks while the exquisite craft of leather marquetry is used to piece together the bold lines of the Tempête XL Chimera.
A Cool Box accented with a gecko eye that is hand-applied with enamel brings a visually refreshing take while tapping into a disappearing Belgian craft.
- In 2022, CEO Jean-Marc Loubier chanced upon Bosmans’ striking visuals inspired by historic emblems and imagery, then the brand invited him to create a collection with Delvaux
- The maison’s SS2024 collection is inspired by mutualism – beneficial interactions between different species – with its iconic Brillant, Tempête, Cool Box and Pin bags taking on bold new styles