Art Deco splendor
René Boivin brooch (matte finish yellow gold, aquamarine and diamonds, 1930s) and Robert Hope’s illustration.
A vertiginous future
Jean Després bracelet, Metropolis movie poster and Art Deco wallpaper (Mayfair). Jean Després (1899-1980) was a famous Art Deco jeweler. Metropolis (directed by Fritz Lang, 1927) is a movie depicting a dark future with a vertiginous architecture. The Metropolis is divided between the powerful people and the workers. The workers are exploited and live miserably.…
The Italian fashion photographer Monia Merlo
Monia Merlo is an Italian fashion and style photographer known for her sensual, soft, poetic and elegant photos. She inspires of painting namely the Pre-Raphaelism (red hair, sensuality, Ophelia…). She collaborated with prestigious brands and fashion magazines such as Drew magazine and Vogue. Her pictures have been published in newspapers, books, magazines… Besides, her work…
Perdue dans la nébuleuse
Manoush’s dress, Oscar de la Renta earrings and the painting “Heavenly Souls” by Michael Abakumov.
Le soleil prenant un bain de nuit
Photo of the Playa de las Américas, in Tenerife, Spain, gold jewelry and Oscar de la Renta’s dress.
A la lumière du crépuscule
Van Gogh’s painting (evening landscape), Saloni’s silk satin dress, gold necklace (sun), Oscar de la Renta’s bird earrings and Des petits hauts’s floral brooch. “Comme le crépuscule est beau, on peut se défaire de la méfiance, de la prudence, s’abandonner à l’instant qui ressemble pour une fois à l’idée qu’on se faisait de la vie.”…
The vintage fashion illustrator Ruth Freeman
Ruth Freeman was a Canadian born fashion illustrator who worked for the magazines Vogue, She, Good Housekeeping and Harper’s Bazaar. She also worked in adversiting (brochures for the London department store Harrods). La plus belle pour aller au bal : What elegance ! Sources : Pinterest and the book 100 years of fashion illustration” by…
Une nature foisonnante où les oiseaux s’invitent à la fête
Paule ka’s gown and photo (mine) of the botanic garden at Tenerife in Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain.
Inondée de soleil
Altuzarra’s dress and photo (mine) of the botanic garden at the town Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
René Jules Lalique’s glass panels in the Orient Express (1927), interior of the Orient Express with Lalique floral design on Wood walls, Orient Express logo and Ghost’s gown. The murder on the Orient Express is an Agatha Christie’s novel (1934). “Due to the snow, the Orient express is stopped, that is when an American businessman…
Sparkling cyanide by Agatha Christie
Inge glas champagne bottle Christmas tree ornament, Antonio Petruccelli January cover Fortune magazine 1937 and vintage champagne illustration. “Sparkling cyanide” (1945) is an Agatha Christie’s novel. “A beautiful heiress is fatally poisoned in a West End restaurant. Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven…” Sources : Pinterest and agathachristie.com
Dreaming of the 1920s
Eduardo Garcia Benito’s Vogue covers (Vogue July 1926 and Vogue May 1926) and Janis kerman’s earrings and bracelet. The 1920s were influenced by the Art Deco movement.
Elegance from the past…
Reynaldo Luza illustration, Edward Chiu’s earrings (jade and onyx), Corrado Giuspino’s bracelet (jade, onyx and diamond) and an Art Deco bracelet (onyx, diamond and rock crystal).
Beauté intemporelle
Vogue cover by the Art Deco illustrator Georges Lepape (Vogue September 1926) and Janis kerman’s brooch and earrings.
Un souffle de liberté
Raoul’s dress, Oscar de la renta’s seagull earrings and photo of an Adaje beach, in Tenerife (taken by me). Another photos of an Adaje beach :
Souvenirs d’été
Tara Jarmon’s dress, Syrette Lew of Mountain’s Palmyra palm tree lamp and a photo of mine taken in Tenerife (beach of Adaje). Adeje is a city and a municipality, located in the south of Tenerife. Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands (Spain). My photos of an Adaje beach : Sources : Pinterest and onparou.com
The Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1)
Painting of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Emperor Nicholas II) and Fabergé Eggs and frame. The Russian jewelry House Fabergé was founded by Gustav Fabergé (1814-1893). His son, Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920) is the famous Russian jeweler who created the famous Fabergé Eggs (Easter eggs were made as gifts for the Tsars Alexander III and…
The future Empress of Russia Maria Feodorovna and her sister
Fabergé gold and jeweled frame by the workmaster Johan Victor Aarne (1899-1904), detail of a pendant Fabergé Egg and portrait of the Princess Dagmar of Denmark and her sister Princess Alexandra of Denmark painted in 1868 by the painter Franz Winterhalter. The Russian jewelry House Fabergé was founded by Gustav Fabergé (1814-1893). His son, Peter…
Mr. Knightley in Emma
Portrait of Jeremy Northam as George Knightley in the movie “Emma” directed by Douglas McGrath in 1997, illustration of the village of Highbury and illustration of the Hartfield house. The movie “Emma” is the adaptation of the Jane Austen’s novel Emma (1815). It tells the story of Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow in the movie) ,…
