OK, I just got back from seeing Batman, The Dark Night.  (I know, it only came out on Thursday, but I swear, I was the last person in the world to have seen it.  The girl leaving behind me was gushing that it was “soooo much better the second time around”.)  But, I digress…

Christian Bale did a good job- but, WOW… Heath Ledger was so amazing (as I’d heard).  I mean, my expectations for his performance were sky high- but still, he totally stole the show IMO.

And so there I was, taking a swig of the diet A&W rootbeer that I’d snuck into the theater, when I was faced with the Joker/ nurse scene.  What can I say- it gave me major creepy Richard Prince Nurse vibes.  I mean, seriously, was there an artistic/ make-up designer/ Richard Prince fan on the job?  What do you think?

That’s Richard Prince’s Mancrazy Nurse up top, and his Registered Nurse below.  Here’s another look at the Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton Mancrazy from the JOKES (Joker?) series:

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(Marc & Elodie with the Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton Mancrazy)

 The New York Times has done a special in their Fashion- “Styled to a T” section with our very own Marc Jacobs and fabulous french actress and four month pregnant Élodie Bouchez. Maciek Kobielski took the pictures and I think you’ll agree- they’re amazing!

(Marc & Elodie with the Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton Motard Beforedark)

It’s a great little piece where Marc gives Élodie a “Stork Club” makeover in some amazing Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs bags and clothes. Quite frankly, I love seeing pics of Marc Jacobs “modeling”- he’s always such a ham!

Looks like Marc’s picking out of Richard Prince’s bag of tricks with the RP Nurse Hat…

It’s a great layout. Be sure not to miss it!

(All pictures by Maciek Kobielski for the New York Times)

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Another Richard Prince bag, another opportunity for me to blog about Prince’s Nurse fetish!

We’re excited to have an authentic Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton Mancrazy bag. “Mancrazy”, you might ask yourself. “what a strange name. I wonder how he came up with that one?” Well, that’s why I’m here

OK… again, Richard Prince is into somewhat rauchy (OK… at least to me, “adult” at least) Naughty Nurse pulp fiction. (Read all about it on my last blog on the subject.)

So in 1963, Peggy Gaddis came out with the book, “Man-Crazy Nurse”. Peggy also wrote under the name Peggy Dern. I haven’t found the paperback that inspired the pose of the nurse on RP’s versions. (If you find it, please let me know!)

Richard Prince was obviously inspired by this one in particular, because he painted three versions of it…

(Richard Prince’s Man-Crazy Nurse #1)

(Richard Prince’s Man-Crazy Nurse #2)

(Richard Prince’s Man-Crazy Nurse #3)

I think he got better with each version.

He obviously, also named the fab Limited Edition Louis Vuitton Mancrazy pictured above after this book. I love, love, love how the colors in his paintings- warm reds and oranges, translate on the bag. But does this also work on the arm?

Yikes, Toni Damli Aaberge… simmer down, girl! You’re looking too hot to handle! I totally LOVE this look and the Mancrazy makes it!

What do you think?

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Richard Prince is an interesting character. It’s really strange how much he lets us into his bizarre little world through his art- and now through his collaboration with Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton. What can I say, he creeps me out, I’ve said that before- but maybe I’ll go into that another time.

For now, I thought I’d blog a bit about some of the inspiration behind some of his pieces. In this post, I thought I’d blog about where he gets his names…

So here we have the Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton Heartbreak. That’s my sister above wearing it. It’s a nice big tote- and you can wear it that way or with the sides clipped together to form a more triangular shape. You can see more pictures on our LV Richard Prince Heartbreak here on our website.

People Magazine Style Watch this month (March) picked the Heartbreak as one of it’s “Star Picks”

Anyway… if you didn’t know that Richard Prince had a thing for Nurses before the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show- you do now!

So, RP has been “into” nurses for a while now. He collects several specific genres of paperback pulp fiction. Honestly, I will be the first to admit- I’m kind of a prude, but these books are all tacky at the best, but often sleazy (IMO). We’re talking Harlequins, Lesbian Pulp Fiction, and other “Adult” fiction. I will also freely admit that many of the covers have a very cool, enticing stylized effect.

Anyway… so one genre that Prince is into… is “naughty nurse” paperbacks. Yep, I did not know they existed. But, there are hundreds of them- maybe even thousands, and they started back in the ’50s. Richard Prince apparently has a pretty interesting collection of them. (This woman has a huge collection if you want to browse- again, the covers are really interesting!)

So, above left, we have Jane Converse’s 1968, nurse paperback fiction- “Heartbreak Nurse”. Above right, you’ll find Richard Prince’s 2002 “Heartbreak Nurse” in ink jet print and acrylic on canvas). But wait, Richard Prince’s Heartbreak Nurse doesn’t look a thing like Jane’s does… Take a look:

Above left, we have another one by Jane Converse. This one, the 1965 “classic”, “Nurse Forrester’s Secret”. Compare Nurse Forrester to RP’s Hearbreak Nurse…

So, basically… Prince takes real vintage book that retailed for about 25 cents, and literally copies it. He transfers the book covers, changes the colors, ditches the guy, switches a nurse from one book- and sticks her over there. He then throws on a surgical mask, maybe bleeds the lipstick through it and vuala… he sells it for $6.09 million!

Brilliant.

I’ll talk more about “appropriation art”- and a ton of more stuff that relates to Richard Prince and his collaboration with Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton in later posts. For now- if you’re into what he does and want to spend less than $6.09 mil to get some Richard Prince art of your own- take a look at our Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton Heartbreak bag! It’s a bargain in comparison!

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Well, at least it’s a happy ending to Richard Prince’s “Spiritual America” exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on January 9. I know Prince fans will probably sniff, sniff at the close of the exhibit, but fashionphiles from near and far are ready for a party!

On Tuesday the 8th, Louis Vuitton will throw a grande finale soiree in celebration of the close of the exhibit.

Much to the chagrin of “real life” working nursing professionals, Richard Prince has always had a thing about naughty nurses- and the same ones that showed up for his Louis Vuitton fashion show will be milling about carrying the highly anticipated new Prince/Marc Jacobs/Vuitton collaboration bags.

If you’ve got a hankering for one of these distinctive limited edition bags, and don’t want to wait until their release date, February 1- all you need is an invititation to the ball! Those at the party will be able to order one there!

** P.S. Don’tcha think that Richard Prince needs to take some publicity shots? He’s a famous fashion icon now, and all the pictures of him look a little creepy. Maybe a smile would help?

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