Saint Laurent paints his summer like a living canvas
Anthony Vaccarello invites artist Francesco Clemente to reinterpret Saint Laurent’s Summer 2025.
A dialogue between fashion and painting, as sunny as it is mystical.
A meeting of two visions
Anthony Vaccarello looks for the unexpected. He entrusted the Saint Laurent summer image to Francesco Clemente. The Italian artist doesn’t photograph. He paints. His works become the faces of the countryside. Each painting captures a look, a silhouette, a glimmer of fabric. The light is soft. The gesture is instinctive. Fashion is suspended.
An aesthetic between dream and reality
Portraits are never static. Bodies vibrate, faces sometimes fade. Francesco Clemente plays with ambiguity. He blurs reference points. He reveals sensuality without artifice. Colors melt. Shapes evaporate. Saint Laurent summer becomes a sensation. A warmth diffused rather than a look displayed.
An ode to slow time
The campaign refuses immediacy. No flash, no sharp framing. The rhythm is that of the brush, not the shutter. Vaccarello celebrates slowness. He opposes the painted image to digital speed. He gives substance back to desire. Each Saint Laurent piece seems to breathe at its own tempo.
Art as an extension of fashion
This project goes beyond advertising. It is part of an artistic approach. Francesco Clemente doesn’t decorate. He translates. He absorbs the essence of the collection and restores it in his own language. Vaccarello, on the other hand, asserts once again that the house is not a brand. It’s a cultural vision.
When fashion offers itself to the brush, it becomes memory. Saint Laurent signs a summer to remember. To discover other collaborations between art and style, explore our universe on parisselectbook.com.
