<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shape+colour]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/author/shapeandcolour/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[takashi murakami + mamoru hosoda: superflat first&nbsp;love.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I love <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Murakami"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Murakami</span></a>. I love <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Anime</span></a>. I love brightly coloured flower bombs and anything that reminds me of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_boy"><span style="color:#00ffff;">Astro Boy</span></a>. So basically this video had me at hello.</p>
<p>Murakami&#8217;s collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton are one of the most lauded (and profitable) team ups in fashion history. Continuing in the vein of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mha26vA-tkw&amp;fmtv=18"><span style="color:#ff0000;">&#8220;Superflat Monogram&#8221;</span></a>, Murakami&#8217;s latest Vuitton-athon &#8220;Superflat First Love&#8221; celebrates his six years working with the house.</p>
<p>Directed by Anime-master <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoru_Hosoda"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mamoru Hosoda</span></a>, it delivers everything you want it to: giant teddy bear animal things, space flight, giggling open-mouth Anime girls, and a time portal located inside a LV trunk. Yeah, it&#8217;s basically one big advertisement for Vuitton, and I&#8217;d rather see what these two could create without having to tie it back into that brand, but the film is so cute that I can&#8217;t resist it.</p>
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