Vivienne Westwood Pop Swatch -90 tallet

Vivienne Westwood ‘Putti’ Pop Swatch

‘Salon’ - Spring/Summer 1992

This unique and versatile watch is the product of a collaboration between British Fashion Designer Vivienne Westwood and Swiss Watchmakers Swatch.

It was released as the ‘Putti’ watch’ - ‘putti’ (singular, putto) being the name of the oftentimes winged infants depicted in many works of art, including the one displayed on this watch.

The artwork featured on the watch, ‘The Swarm of Cupids’ (c. 1767) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, inspired many of Westwood’s designs throughout her A/W 1991 and S/S 1992 collections, ‘Dressing Up’ & ‘Salon’. The piece made multiple appearances on the runway shows and on the designer herself, printed allover as though the garments were made from the canvas itself. This 18th Century lavishness made for an incredible, overtly maximalist set of collections.