Yoko Ono launches suggestive menswear collection for Opening Ceremony

Yoko Ono attends Swarovski Celebration Of Crystal And Art on Sept. 5, 2012, in New York. / Cory Schwartz/Getty

A black mesh Cutout Shirt ($145), and a black wool with contrast colored white hand Hand Trouser ($335) from Yoko Ono's new menswear collection.

/ AP Photo/Courtesy Opening Ceremony

Yoko Ono's new menswear collection for Opening Ceremony, inspired by John Lennon, launched Tuesday.

The collection, based on a series of drawing she sketched as a gift for Lennon on their wedding day in 1969, includes pants with large handprints on the crotch, tank tops with nipple cutouts and even a flashing LED bra.

The illustrations, according to Ono, were designs for clothing and accessories to celebrate Lennon's "hot bod."

Also in the collection are a "butt hoodie" with an outline drawing that  suggests its name, pants with cutouts at the behind, a jock strap with an LED light and a transparent chest plaque with bells and a leather neck strap.

"I was inspired to create 'Fashions for Men,' amazed at how my man was looking so great. I felt it was a pity if we could not make clothes emphasizing his very sexy bod," Ono said in a statement. "So, I made this whole series with love for his hot bod, and gave it to him as a wedding present."

Opening Ceremony hosted a book signing at its SoHo store for Ono for a book that contained the illustrations, and that led to the collaboration to bring them to life. The limited-edition capsule collection, "Fashions for Men: 1969-2002," launched on Tuesday.

"As huge, longtime fans of Yoko's art, we have great respect for her artistic vision, aesthetics, and intellect," said Humberto Leon, co-founder and creative director of Opening Ceremony.

Prices run from $25 for a poster to $200 for a jock strap or $750 for boots with an incense holder or open toes.

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What a pitiful effort to further cash in on John Lennon's death. But I guess since this is art it's above commercial gain.