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All That Glitters ~ Gold Lingerie

November 18, 2015

portrait-of-adele-bloch-bauer-i-by-gustav-klimt

The other night, I watched the Netflix movie, “Woman In Gold” , the story of Maria Altmann’s late life struggle to recover the Gustav Klimt painting that was rightfully her family’s property. The portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer had been stolen by the Nazis during WWII along with many other valuables. Klimts elegant use of gold leaf, most widely recognized in this brilliant mosaic was the highlight of his golden phase. After watching the movie, … Read More


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An Intimate Canvas

May 4, 2012
Lingerie designers turning to art world for inspiration

By Richard Vincente

“I have always liked painters. It seems to me that we are in the same trade.”
~  French fashion designer Paul Poiret

Art and fashion have been inseparable ever since the first caveman decided to decorate his animal-hide wrap with a few charcoal stick figures.

But even the French couturier Poiret — whose affinity for artists and illustrators of the early 20th Century is … Read More


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