Damien Hirst Partners with Barrie For a New Cashmere Collection
Fashion, Hirst says, “is art that you can wear.” It’s what he liked about the prospect of working with Barrie. “I come from a museum world where people go ‘don’t touch it.’ In the art world, we all believe that art is a sacred thing,” But fashion, because it’s wearable and has a practical use, rarely undergoes the same canonization. “But, in a way, the reason why I wear it is because it’s already art,” Hirst says. Hirst says he also enjoys the opportunity to work on something with an agreed end use. “In art, I was taught that there are no limits,” but in fashion one has to negotiate between the garment and the body, and functionality becomes paramount. “But art is limited too. With sculpture, your biggest limitation is gravity and you’re going to struggle a lot to get around that one,” he laughs. He recalls once making surfboards for a charity, imagining them in use by a surfer as they crest a wave. “And then you see it in a frame on …







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