Tamara de Lempicka style icon for the ages. The Polish painter depicted people with her own unique chiseled, geometric look with a heavy art deco flair and rose to fame in Paris in the 1920s.
The gold molded surreal jewelry concept has been around for ages (centuries), but Claude Lalanne for Yves Saint Laurent is one of my favorite examples.
Edward Gorey, the fantastic illustrator and writer was a lover of ballet (for many years, he religiously attended all performances of the New York City Ballet), fur coats, tennis shoes, and cats, of which he had many.
Marcel Broodthaers loved words. Language, metaphors and puns were all integral to Belgian artist Broodthaer’s work when he decided to pursue visual arts after having a career as an avant-garde...