• A la lumière du crépuscule
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    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.”…

  • A snow angel announcing Christmas

    A snow angel announcing Christmas

    Camille Pissarro painting “Snow effect at Eragny, Road to Gisors”, Ginger Jackie’s dress and WILHELM SCHWEIZER PEWTER ornaments (angel, shooting stars and street lamp).

  • The orange rising sun lightened and reflected on the sea
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    The orange rising sun lightened and reflected on the sea

    Prada’s dress and detail of the Claude Monet’s painting “Impression, sunrise” (1872). I made two different versions of the set.

  • Mucha in Fall

  • Dans un tourbillon d’or
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    Dans un tourbillon d’or

    Paule Ka’s dress. Details of the Klimt’s painting called “The Beethoven frise”.

  • Divine !
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    Divine !

    Dolce Gabbana’s dress and earrings. This painting called “Allegory of painting” was realized by François Boucher in 1765. He was an important French Rococo painter.

  • Rêver parmi les fleurs
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    Rêver parmi les fleurs

    Tara Jarmon’s dress and Theodore Earl Butler’s painting (Flowers in a garden, 1928).

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    Un été bucolique

    Paule Ka’s dress ; the French impressionist painter Claude Monet realized this piece of art (Au jardin, la famille de l’artiste, 1875).

  • Un monde de couleurs
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    Un monde de couleurs

    Lisa Perry’s dress. The background is a part of the Sonia Delaunay’s painting “Automne”, 1965. Sonia Delaunay was a famous Op art artist.

  • Au rythme des couleurs
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    Au rythme des couleurs

    Lisa Perry’s dress. The background is a part of a Sonia Delaunay’s painting named “Rythme”, 1938. Sonia Delaunay is a famous Op art artist. Different versions : Op art was an inspiration for Sixties designers : Source : Pinterest

  • Bastille day celebrations at night

    Bastille day celebrations at night

    Bastille day is a French national holiday celebrated each year on the July 14th. In France, we call this day the “Fête Nationale” or “Fête du 14 juillet”. It commemorates the storming of the Parisian prison, named Bastille in 1789. It marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Every July 14th, in Paris, an army…

  • Byzantine cross
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    Byzantine cross

    Byzantine cross by Chanel (vintage). If you like Byzantine jewelry, you should like Chanel jewels, Diego Percossi Papi, Ben Amun, Sylvia Toledano, Gripoix, Ilias Lalaounis and Julie Vos. The background is a detail of a 6th century Byzantine mosaic in the apse of the basilica Sant’Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna, Italy). Source : Wikipedia

  • “Love letters to Rossetti” by the photographer Donna Lee Steven
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    “Love letters to Rossetti” by the photographer Donna Lee Steven

    Australian born, Donna Stevens produces photoshoots for magazines and fine art world. In this serie of photos, the photographer pays a tribute to the Pre Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The British painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), figure of the Pre Raphaelite movement : “The Pre-Raphaelites were a secret society of young artists (and one…

  • The Art Deco illustrator Coles Philipps
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    The Art Deco illustrator Coles Philipps

    Coles Phillips (1880-1927) was an American and Art Deco illustrator who worked from World War I to the late 1920s. He was a pioneer : he introduced for the first time the Art Deco style into adversitings and fashion magazines. He illustrated for famous magazines like Good Housekeeping, Colliers, Life and Saturday Evening Post. His…

  • Italian Art
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    Italian Art

    Dolce Gabbana pays a tribute to the Italian art of Maiolica with exquisite prints. “Maiolica, the refined, white-glazed pottery of the Italian Renaissance, was adapted to all objects that were traditionally ceramic, such as dishes, bowls, serving vessels, and jugs of all shapes and sizes.” Source : Italian Renaissance by Jessie McNab

  • The vintage illustrator Valentine Sandberg

    The vintage illustrator Valentine Sandberg

    Born in Sweden in 1881, Valentine Sandberg was an illustrator. He did covers for many magazines such as Success, Harper’s Weekly, Life, Sunday Magazine, Home Life, Modern Priscilla, Judge, and People’s Popular Monthly. He did also ads for brands like Ferry’s Seeds, Swift’s, Falstaff, and Vitralite. At the request of magazines and companies, Valentine Sandberg…

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    Songe d’une après-midi d’automne

    This painting called “Autumn at Eragny” was realized by Camille Pissarro. The tittle i gave to this set is inspired by the William Shakespeare’s comedy “Songe d’une nuit d’été”.

  • Colorful illusion
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    Colorful illusion

    This painting was made by the Op art artist Victor Vasarely. Mary Katrantzou’s dress.

  • A sparkling night
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    A sparkling night

    The painting is called “Fireworks in Nice” and was painted by the Russian artist Nicolas Tarkhoff (1871-1930) :

  • The American vintage fashion photographer Rodney Smith
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    The American vintage fashion photographer Rodney Smith

    The New-York based fashion photographer Rodney Smith (1947-2016) is famous for his surrealist and poetic universe. He was often compared to the Belgian painter René Magritte. The photographer worked for famous fashion names like Neiman Marcus,  Saks Fifth Avenue, W magazine and The New York Times magazine.