Luxury Inspired Imperial Guard Stormtroopers
My Luxury-Inspired Imperial Guard & Sculptures reinterpret one the most iconic figures from Star Wars through the lens of luxury, sustainability, and craftsmanship. Built from upcycled designer materials and found objects, these works merge couture detail with cinematic design — transforming symbols of authority and uniformity into reflections on individuality, culture, and creative reuse.
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Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects with gold — the philosophy being that fractures and imperfections don't diminish something, they become its most important story. Golden Scars of the Empire applies that philosophy to one of Star Wars' most iconic and deliberately faceless symbols: the Emperor's Royal Guard.
Gold inlay lines cut across the helmet like scars, transforming armor built to project fear into something that speaks of resilience and renewal. Constructed from authentic upcycled Louis Vuitton materials, this piece operates on two levels simultaneously — as a striking Star Wars collector's work and as a meditation on what it means for something broken to become more meaningful than before.
Materials: Authentic upcycled Louis Vuitton canvas, leather, and hardware; gold inlay; reclaimed components.
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 22"H × 14"W × 14"D
Edition: Limited Edition 1 of 1 — signed with certificate of authenticity
Golden Scars of the Empire
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 21 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 13 inches deep.
Date Completed: 9-5-2025
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Runway to the Death Star takes the Imperial Royal Guard — the Emperor's elite, crimson-robed protectors — and frames their signature helmets as fashion statements. The title says it plainly: these guards already look like they stepped off a runway. The smooth, elongated dome, the full-face mask, the complete absence of any individual marking — this is fashion as absolute uniformity, as total erasure of the self in service of imperial power.
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Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 21"H × 14"W × 13"D
Edition: Limited Edition 1 of 1
Runway to the Death Star
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 21 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 13 inches deep.
Date Completed: 8-9-2025
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions:
Height 18 Inches
Width 15 Inches
Depth 14 Inches
Imperial LV Guard Four
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 18 inches tall, 15 inches wide and14 inches deep.
Date Completed: 3-19-2023
Dimensions: 25.5 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 14 inches deep.
Date Completed: 6-20-2018
Imperial LV Guard Three
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 25.5 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 14 inches deep.
Date Completed: 6-20-2018
Dimensions: 25.0 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 14 inches deep.
Date Completed: 5-25-2018
Imperial LV Guard Two
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 25.0 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 14 inches deep.
Date Completed: 5-25-2018
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 25.0 inches tall, 14 inches wide, and 14 inches deep.
Imperial LV Guard
Wearable: Yes
Dimensions: 25.0 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 14 inches deep.
Date Completed: 5-17-2018
