MIU MIU Famous Cats Disrupt Paris Fashion Week

REPORTAGE
by Vésma Kontere McQuillan/ Miu Miu Press Office
March 6, 2021
PROJECT DETAILS
Miu Miu Famous Cats is a collection of five t-shirts, each carrying a film-still printed with different feline characters.
KEY MESSAGE
Multi-faceted and free-spirited, these gorgeous creatures may be courageous, cowardly, aloof, playful, loving and at times, even mean.
OUTCOME
The Famous Cats disrupt Paris Fashion Week FW21: we couldn't help but publish their catwalk (emphasizing "cat") between the human shows!
Launching in March, t-shirts are available in plain white cotton, and stills are printed alongside text contextualizing their significance in big and small screen culture.

The Nameless Cat in Francis Coppola's The Godfather

The nameless cat in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather was found wandering around the movie set, and was picked up and placed – impromptu - on MarlonBrando’s knee. His purring further obscured the actor’s famously muffled dialogue.

Toodles Galore

With her long lashes and crimson pout, Toodles Galore, from Hanna Barbera’s Tom & Jerry, reduces hapless Tom to a gibbering wreck every time he encounters her. And this despite the fact she never makes a sound.

Jonesy

Jonesy - the mouse-chasing ginger cat resident on the ill-fated USCSS Nostromo in the1979 blockbuster, Alien. With Ellen Ripley, he is the mission’s only survivor.

Three Talking Cats

Three talking cats sit on Chibi-Usa’s shoulders from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, broadcasted Japanese animation series since 1992. Luna, Artemis and their daughter, Diana, are companions to the eponymous Sailor Guardians.

Jake

Jake - the extra-terrestrial cat from the 1978 American sci-fi comedy, The Cat FromOuter Space. When forced to land his spaceship on earth, he leads various humanson a series of riotous escapades.

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