An Art Deco Christmas with Jean Arthur
Christmas tree i decorated with my aunt and my mother, my pattern based on my photo of a pole in a Leipzig’s passage and a photo of the actress Jean Arthur (1920s). Jean Arthur is my favourite actress with Natalie Wood. My favourite movies of her are “You can’t take it with you”, “Mr Deeds…
1910s elegance
E.M.A. Steinmetz’s vogue cover (December 1916) and my pattern based on my photo of Berlin, Germany.
Princesse des années 40
1940s fashion illustration, illustration of flowers and Reine Rosalie bow brooch.
Back to the 1940s
1940s wallpaper, 1940s fashion illustration and Beatrix Potter’s cat illustration.
Miss Marple
Miss Marple is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. She is an old woman who conducts murder investigation as a hobby.
Miss Lemon, the faithful Hercule Poirot’s secretary
Miss Lemon is the Hercule Poirot’s secretary in the Agatha Christie’s novels.
The fanciful Ariadne Oliver in the Agatha Christie novels
Paul Poirot’s coat (1920s), vintage feather clip, old books and photo of Ariadne Oliver played by Zöe Wanamaker in the Hercule Poirot tv serie. Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in Agatha Christie novels. She is a writer of detective novels and is a friend of Hercule Poirot.
Luminous Art Deco
Art Deco square diamond and pearl brooch (1920s) and my design based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin.
Une beauté diaphane
Eduardo Garcia Benito illustration (Vogue 1927), Neola charleston earrings and design i did with photoshop (background).
An elegant woman in the 1930s
Douglas Pollard’s illustration (chanel lace dress, Vogue 1930) and design i did based of my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin.
Art Deco beauty
Suzanne Belperron’s scroll diamond earrings, Cartier’s aquamarine clip brooch (1930s) and diamond and enamel plaque brooch. The background is a design I did with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin.
The ravishing actress Jean Arthur
Portrait of Jean Arthur in the 1920s, Iljiz Fazulzyanov’s earrings and photo made with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin. Jean Arthur is my favourite actress with Natalie Wood. My favourite movies of her are “You can’t take it with you”, “Mr Deeds goes to town“, “The more the Merrier”,…
The magnificent Carole Lombard
Photo of Carole Lombard by Otto Dyar, photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin and Ilgiz Fazulzyanov earrings (art deco inspired). Carole Lombard was a famous actress who often played in screwball comedy movies (Launched in the mid-1930s, screwball comedies were characterized by “satire of American society, romantic conflicts , battles of the sexes, sight…
Sparkling sea
Photo of a model wearing a Norman Hartnell gown in 1929, my photo of the sea in the French riviera and my photo of a chandelier in the Napoleon III appartments in the Louvre museum, in Paris.
Éclaboussée de lumière
Photo of Hoyningen-Huene (Model wearing a Madeleine Vionnet gown in the 1930s) and my photo of the sea in the French Riviera.
Art Deco Christmas
Erté illustration, gold pattern i designed (based on a photo of the German architecture). Art Deco emerged in 1925, at the World’s Fair in Paris, France. This art movement is called Art Deco in reference to the name of the “Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes”.
