Toru Kamei Talks Dior Homme Collaboration, Paintings & Advice for Emerging Artists

Last March, Dior Homme Artistic Director Kris Van Assche enlisted Japanese artist Toru Kamei for an exclusive 2017 spring/summer collection. Kamei employed his otherworldly artwork onto a gamut of high-fashion wares, showcasing a sinister yet beautiful array of decaying flowers, skulls and elusive eyeballs that heavily references the 17th-century Dutch art genre, Vanitas. This classical style seemingly imbues the moral message that life's greatest pleasures will inevitably be crushed into fine b...