First it was Stephen Sprouse, now Keith Harring. It's only natural after having brought back Stephen Sprouse from the NY eighties fashion/art scene into vogue, that the work of Keith Harring also comes back to remind us what a unique place in time NY was in the eighties. Harring, originally from Pennsylvania moved to NY soon after highschool. There he went to art school, and hungout with the likes of Jean Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. He experienced success early on, but contracted AIDS and succumbed from complications in 1990. He was 31. After being diagnosed he used his work to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. Designer Jeremy Scott and Adidas have joined and paid homage to Harring in a limited editon running shoe. Rihanna was spotted a week or so ago in a jacket also by Jeremy Scott.
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