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The Chrome Hearts Multi Colour Cemetery Cross Patch Leather Duffle is crafted from premium leather and finished with multicolour leather cemetery cross patches across the exterior. Built with heavy-duty construction, silver hardware, and reinforced handles, it reflects Chrome Hearts’ signature blend of craftsmanship and bold design. A standout travel piece with strong collectible value.

Chrome Hearts denim has become one of the most recognizable and sought-after categories within modern archive fashion, and pieces like these Levi’s 517 Cross Patch Jeans sit at the very top of that market. Built on a genuine pair of vintage Levi’s 517 denim, the jeans are reconstructed with twenty hand-stitched Chrome Hearts cross patches crafted from premium lambskin leather alongside signature sterling silver hardware throughout. Every pair was produced in extremely limited quantities and required extensive handwork, making no two examples exactly alike. Originally rooted in biker culture and luxury craftsmanship, Chrome Hearts transformed traditional American denim into collectible art pieces through their use of leather appliqué work and precious metal detailing. Over the years, cross patch denim became heavily associated with musicians, celebrities and collectors, ultimately turning into one of the brand’s most iconic silhouettes. Five-figure market values on pairs like this have become increasingly common as demand for authentic early Chrome Hearts denim continues to grow globally. The combination of vintage Levi’s construction, twenty leather cemetery cross patches, and Chrome Hearts silver hardware places this piece among the rarest and most desirable examples of Chrome Hearts apparel ever produced.

In 2000, Supreme used the famous Louis Vuitton monogram print on one of their box logo designs and skate decks. Supreme replaced the “LV” with their own “S” on the famous brown monogram for their spring summer season. This design could be interpreted as a sign of paying homage to the French luxury brand. However, considering the counter culture rebellious identity of the New York skate brand this was a “tongue in cheek” design choice. Placing the historic conservative Louis Vuitton in the context of a new, fresh, anti-conservative, rebellious - “fuck you we do what we want” - slogan skate brand. As a result of this design, Supreme quickly received a cease and desist letter from Louis Vuittons lawyers. They were forced to remove all merchandise immediately. The few pieces that did slip through before they had to remove all stock are extremely hard to find. Especially considering Supreme was a relatively small brand at the time with small quantities to begin with. In 2017, Supreme worked together with Louis Vuitton and became the first ever streetwear brand to make it to the runway. This collaboration is one of the most high end luxurious and hyped collaborations ever. Pop Up Stores planned for the release got shut down because of the immense amount of people that came to wait in line. Multiple pieces from this collaboration have hit the six figure mark in value. 22 years later, the Supreme Louis Vuitton monogram Box Logo T-Shirt from 2000 is one of the most rare and iconic pieces ever released by Supreme. It forever represents the roots of the brand and their perfect execution of balancing on the thin line between paying homage to fashion culture while simultaneously rebelliously mocking it carelessly.

Hermes Birkin 35 N-Stamp Crocodile 

With its iconic silhouette and roomy interior, the Hermès Birkin 35 remains a classic symbol of status and craftsmanship. Once the most popular size, the 35 has made a comeback among connoisseurs who appreciate its bold presence and elegant functionality.

Showing an auctioneer conducting a sale to a room packed with bidders, Morons is based on the historical moment when Van Gogh’s Sunflowers achieved a hammer price of GBP 22.5 million at Christie’s on 30 March 1987, setting the record price for any work of art at auction. This moment marked the beginning of changes in the art market, with the emergence of mega lots achieving record prices. In the present work, the large canvas being auctioned humorously bears the words, in block capitals. Banksy mocks the crowd, representing art collectors in general, who are ready to bid huge sums of money in order to acquire artworks. Some even doing so just to speculate and resell at higher prices, transforming the art market almost like a commodity trading market. Ironically, Banksy is now one also the subject of intense bidding from art collectors willing to purchase his works for very high prices. Obviously, Banksy’s relationship with the art market is complicated and nuanced, just like his relationship with law enforcement, which is precisely why he is so successful. The artist has expressed similarly critical opinions of the art world’s commercialism through public pranks such as the famous stunt he pulled in 2008 at Sotheby’s auction of Girl with Balloon. Immediately after the hammer struck down at a record price, a shredder that Banksy built into the frame itself was triggered, causing the art to immediately begin being shredded to the shock and horror of the art world. The painting has since been renamed Love is in the Bin and has unquestionably increased substantially in value after it got partially shredded publicly. The irony never ends with Banksy. The LA Edition of Morons differs from the later version released by Pictures on Walls, principally because of the gold frame… however it also misses the green numbers in front of the auctioneer that are found on the POW version. POW only released the remaining 400 prints unsigned prints. Morons (LA Edition) is numbered /500.