Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry Sale at Christie’s
“Her beauty was luxurious. Her eyes just made you melt into her,” said my friend Adam Redfield. He is the son of the late actor William Redfield, who knew Elizabeth Taylor. Adam had the privilege of meeting her once when… Continue reading
Sotheby’s: Louis Comfort Tiffany Auction
In 1902, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s glass studio in Corona, Queens, became known as Tiffany Studios. One of the greatest Art Nouveau designers in the world, Tiffany loved the impurities in cheap jelly jars. He saw color possibilities in the chemistry,… Continue reading
Charlize Theron on the cover of Vogue
Vogue has presented us with one of the most beautiful photographs of the female body and soul I have ever seen. The dress, upside down position, facial expression in a dream is metamorphosis. The rocks and water transform into her.… Continue reading
Sun Drop Diamond Auction at Sotheby’s
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon
Who is already sick and pale with grief.”
In the play, Mr. Capulet tried to… Continue reading
Elsa Schiaparelli at the Metropolitan Museum
By BarbaraAnne:
On May 10, 2012, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art will reopen with an exhibition juxtaposing the work of Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada.
I have always been familiar with Prada, but discovering Schiaparelli’s… Continue reading
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+Susan Maxwell Schmidt
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Loosely wrapped, creative, nocturnal, eternally blue, reclusive, eccentric, obsessive perfectionist... in other words, an artist.
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