The Art Of Looking Good (Conceptually)

At Toronto’s flagship Holt Renfrew store, high-style fashionistas can now pick up a bit of high-concept art with their upper-end shoes and dresses. “We want to intrigue and challenge people, and add a conceptual texture to their lives. I’m offering luxe for the mind, an intellectual indulgence.” All this may sound a little rich, but the list of artists involved is startlingly good. Plans are afoot to sell Louise Bourgeois jewellery, lamps by Parisian installation artist Pierre Huyghe, and pottery by Turner Prize-winner Grayson Parry.”