Global apparel retailer UNIQLO today
announces the worldwide release date for new T-shirts featuring designs by
artist Pablo Picasso, who revolutionized the art world of the 20th century. The
new collection, available from
The new T-shirts will be
UNIQLO’s first-ever to feature artwork by Picasso, and represent the latest in
the brand’s collections with globally-renowned artists. This rare collaboration
was made possible through the cooperation of the Estate of Pablo Picasso, who
support UNIQLO's long-standing vision of contributing to society to make the
world a better place.
The artwork featured on the
collection’s PEACE FOR ALL T-shirt (left) is Bouquet of Friendship, (1958), created for the peace demonstration
held in Stockholm in 1958. All profits from the sales of PEACE FOR ALL T-shirts are donated
to international humanitarian organizations.
The UT collection will feature four works painted by Picasso in the 1920s to
1940s, a period when he was at his most diverse and creative. Among the
artworks featured is Dove of Peace (1949),
depicting a white dove as a symbol of peace, which was chosen as the emblem for
the First International Peace Conference in Paris in 1949. With these new PEACE FOR ALL and UT T-shirts, Picasso’s
lifelong support for the message of world peace is conveyed through works that
transcend the conventions of art, and continue to capture the hearts and minds
of many today.
About
PEACE FOR ALL
The PEACE FOR ALL project, launched in June
2022, features graphic T-shirts with designs expressing a wish for peace, which
are provided voluntarily by contributors with close ties to UNIQLO who support
the aim of "taking action with a desire for world peace." All profits
from sales of PEACE FOR ALL T-shirts are donated to international humanitarian
organizations. To date, a total of 42 contributors have provided T-shirt
designs, with more than 6.28 million shirts sold, raising more than JPY 1,883
billion in donations. The funds raised are provided to three partner
organizations to support emergency humanitarian assistance, to protect the
lives of displaced people around the world, and to aid children who are facing
difficult circumstances due to conflicts or other issues. (Figures as of
November 2024.)
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Pablo Picasso / Artist
Painter, sculptor, and printmaker born in Málaga, Spain. In 1900 at age nineteen, Pablo Picasso made his first visit to Paris, where he was based from1904 through the 1940s. Paris is also where he spent his formative “Blue Period” and “Rose Period” and became known as a founder of the Cubist movement which fundamentally revamped the way that objects are perceived. His endless search for new modes of expression led him beyond the world of painting into the realms of sculpture, ceramics, literature and music, leaving a deep impression across the whole of modern art.
Donation recipients
UNIQLO
parent company Fast Retailing contributes all profits from the sale of PEACE
FOR ALL T-shirts (equivalent to 20% of the selling price) to three
international non-profit organizations through their representatives. Donations
are used to fund activities for international peace.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency www.unhcr.org
UNHCR protects people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. They work in over 130 countries, protecting millions of people by responding with life-saving support, safeguarding fundamental human rights and helping them build a better future.
Save
the Children https://www.savethechildren.net/
Save the Children is an international NGO that works to save and improve children's lives around the world and ensure children's rights to survival, education, and protection are a reality worldwide. It was established in the UK in 1919 and currently operates in about 120 countries.
Plan
International www.plan-international.org/
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children's rights and equality for girls in more than 80 countries. They strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, their supporters and partners.
About
UNIQLO LifeWear
Apparel that comes from the Japanese values
of simplicity, quality and longevity. Designed to be of the time and for the
time, LifeWear is made with such modern elegance that it becomes the building
blocks of each individual’s style. A perfect shirt that is always being made
more perfect. The simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern
details. The best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to
all. LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing more
warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to people’s lives.
About
UNIQLO and Fast Retailing
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co.,
Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in
Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing
Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse
tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 3.1
trillion yen for the 2024 fiscal year ending August 31, 2024 (US $21.39
billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2024 rate of $1 = 144.9
yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies,
and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.
UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores
in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its
ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand. Today the company has
a total of more than 2,500 UNIQLO stores across the world, including Japan,
Asia, Europe and North America. The total number of stores across Fast
Retailing's brands is now close to 3,600.
With a corporate statement committed to
changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast
Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to
enrich the lives of people everywhere. For more information about UNIQLO
and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.
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