The Magritte Surrealist Collection For Men and Women at Opening Ceremony.

For the past two months, there's been some media buzz about the Surrealist capsule collection of 'wearable art' inspired by Rene Magritte for men and women from hip retailer Opening Ceremony set to launch in May. Now the apparel pieces are in and available for pre-order and I've got a look at all of them here for you.


clockwise from upper left: Many of Magritte's well-known works are incorporated into the collection such as Sheherazade, Blow To The Heart, Lola de Valence (Hegel's Holiday), The Beautiful Relations, La Cascade, The King's Museum, Discovery of Fire and The Lovers - to name but a few.

The Capsule Collection:




The above images, courtesy of Opening Ceremony, have been cropped for better visibility

details, prices and pre-order the above items here

High heels, Vans and even Birkenstocks with Magritte's imagery are also part of the collection, but those are not yet available for pre-order.

The Vans:


The Birkenstocks:

Birkenstock images courtesy of stylebubble

Perceptions of Reality: A Collection Inspired by the Work of René Magritte by OC Family



Belgian surrealist painter, René Magritte, sought to make "everyday objects shriek aloud." Almost fifty years after his death, his work still creates this effect on everyday items—this time in the form of clothing and shoes. The weird and wonderful world of Magritte is coming to Opening Ceremony stores in May 2014 with a limited edition ready-to-wear collection alongside three footwear collaborations with brands Birkenstock, Vans, and Manolo Blahnik. The range takes twelve of Magritte's iconic paintings and translates them directly into fashion; it continues the poetic and humorous nature of the artist's original work, and continues a theme that Magritte was most interested in: extreme juxtapositions between combinations of objects, and the ordinary versus the abstract.

Magritte's iconic painting Scheherazade is featured in the form of a dress, top and pearl-embroidered bomber jacket. Other of his famous paintings in the collection include The Lovers, featured on an open-toe Birkenstock and The King's Museum on a classic Vans lace-up sneaker. Manolo Blahnik has designed an exclusive stiletto that will feature the painting The Blow to the Heart.

Shop the Surrealist Collection

Oh No. Yoko Designs A Ridiculous Men's Line For Opening Ceremony. Prices and Pics of Yoko Ono's Fashions For Men 1969-2012.

This holiday season, Opening Ceremony teamed up with Yoko Ono to create what they call "a very special apparel collection" consisting of 34 high-priced pieces available exclusively at OC.


above: Humberto Leon of Opening Ceremony with Yoko Ono (photo courtesy of NY Times)

Titled “Fashions for Men 1969-2012,” the limited-edition line is based on a book of hand-drawn illustrations (shown below) that Yoko presented to John Lennon on the occasion of their wedding. 43 years later, Yoko and Opening Ceremony have worked together to bring her sketches to life.



According to the New York Times, Ms. Ono loved the way her late husband looked in and out of clothes, so many of her pieces accentuate the 'good bits' e.g. nipples, buttocks and the crotch area.



The Times reports "“Men were always wanting us to look good and take off everything,” Ms. Ono said. “And we were never able to enjoy men’s sexuality in that way.”



Given that, I can only assume that the collection exemplifies what she believes is a way to enjoy men's sexuality. While it does nothing for me, you can decide for yourself. Below is the entire collection.

$595 One button two-tone jackets with a single mesh sleeve:


$485 Cut out jackets:



$145 Mesh cut out shoulder shirts:


$200 Eyelet (nipple) shirts:


$150 Eyelet (nipple) tanks:


$255 Cut out (sheer buttocks) trousers:


$250 Conservative (knee cut outs and hand on buttocks) trousers:



$335 Hand trousers:


$200 Jockstrap with an LED light:


$75  Hoodies with Yoko's sketched icons of buttocks, eyes and words:


$750 Men's Open Toe Thigh-High Boots:


$250 Men's Lightbulb Bra:


$245 Men's leather bell belt:


$400 transparent chest plaque with bells and leather neck strap that reads, “RING FOR YOUR MOMMY PIECE y.o. 69-12:



$55 Slip-on printed stretch knee pads:


Also available is a softcoverbook of her original artwork, accompanied by a CD recording of Yoko's 1973 composition "Anatano Te (Your Hands) and 3 printed posters featuring, respectively, her line drawing of buttocks, the word dream, and her sketch of eyes.

Illustrations by Yoko Ono brought to life in an animation by Lisa Paclet and Irina Dakeva:


all images courtesy of Opening Ceremony

Shop the collection here.