H&M Teams Up With the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Who Decides War for a Collaboration Within a Collaboration

H&M has been doing designer hookups since 2004, but none have been as multilayered as the latest, a collaboration within a collaboration that involves both the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Who Decides War.

This is a project that grew and morphed like jazz, which happens to be the subject of the paintings used in the collection. Thinking about a men’s line, the Swedish company initiated conversations with reps from the Basquiat estate, who had recently worked with Who Decides War’s Ev Bravado and Téla D’Amore on an exhibition called “King Pleasure,” and suggested the 2023 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists be added to the project as well. “Everything was very organic, the way it worked, which I love,” said Ana Hernandez, H&M’s Menswear Designer. Read more at Vogue World.