Georges Lepape was an Art Deco fashion illustrator; whose work became iconic.
Perhaps most famous for his collaborations with the designer Paul Poiret.
He worked for many magazines, among them the Gazette Du Bon Ton, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Les Feuillets D'Art, and Vanity Fair where his March 1927 cover illustration launched the modeling career of Lee Miller.
Some more of his illustrations on flickr and a brief biography.
(Related Lee Miller; haute-couture)
posted by adamvasco
on Nov 26, 2010 -
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Nusch Éluard was The Surrealists' enigmatic muse. She was a model for Man Ray and Picasso and Lee Miller. In fact
All the boys loved Nusch.
Perhaps the most ethereal portrait was taken by photographer Dora Maar (previously).
Here is tumblir tagged page
and Orchid-thief.
( As this is Surrealism and Paris in the early C20th – this FPP is considered NSFW in some environments. )
posted by adamvasco
on Mar 16, 2010 -
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