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Artist-cum-designer Stephen Sprouse has been almost as prolific dead as he was alive. Since the New York City icon's early passing in 2004--he was only 50 at the time--his legacy has enjoyed a mega-reappropriation helmed mostly by his former friend Marc Jacobs.

Sprouse's latest post-mortem project is the product of a stay at the Chateau Marmont back in the '90s. After an extended visit at the Hollywood hideaway, Sprouse discovered he couldn't exactly afford the bill. So hotel magnate Andres Balazs asked him to design a few items of apparel specifically for the hotel to settle the balance. Balazs then forgot all about the little deal until recently, when he discovered six of Sprouse's sketches in the hotel's attic. (What a thing to stumble upon.)

Most of the designs, like the one above, are slated to go into production soon. In the meantime, you can score a Stephen Sprouse long-sleeved T or a baseball cap on the Chateau's online shop. Or you can make like Kanye and pop into the Louis Vuitton store for some of the spanking new, neon, logo-scrawled high tops from the spring collection, designed by Jacobs and anointed with the Sprouse name.