Heroes, young Americans, scary monsters and super creeps.
And roués.
Further Inspirations and Diversions
Richard Avedon, the Marchesa Casati, Francis Bacon, Jean Nouvel, Melody Nelson, Cy Twombly, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Goude, Cousin Serena, Blow Up, Slim Aarons, Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? Daisy Fellowes, Ralph Rucci, Helmut Newton, Pauline de Rothschild, Harold Acton, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ted Muehling, Jordan, Seditionaries, Jane Birkin, Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, Violet Trefusis, American Gigolo, Chris von Wangenheim, International Klein Blue, Gerhard Richter, Albert Hadley, Lever House, Paul and Talitha Getty, TheSartorialist.com, Ronald Firbank, Charles de Beistegui, Eiko Ishioka, Romeo Gigli, Lord Berners, Guy Burgess and the Cambridge Five, Antonio Lopez & Juan Ramos, Soo Catwoman, Niki de Saint Phalle, Balthus, Ray Petri, Mr. Mickey, Philip Guston, Duck Rock, Jane Forth, Baron Alexis de Redé, Halston & Victor Hugo, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Georges Geoffroy, Jean Dive, Valerian Rybar, Slim Keith, Jayne County, Rudolf Nureyev, David LaChapelle, the Profumo affair, Christian Bérard, the Blitz Kids, Belle de jour, Count Robert de Montesquiou, the Strand, Stephen Tennant, Vicomtesse Marie-Laure de Noailles, Giorgio Morandi, Sir Norman Foster, The Four Seasons, NOVA magazine, Anne Slater, Charles James, Lance Loud, Frances Elkins, Philippe Jullian, bergamot, Maillol, Patricia Hearst, L'Oeil, Little Edith Bouvier Beale, Henri Samuel, Mark Rothko, Richard Tyler, René Ricard, Julia Child, César Baldaccini, Balenciaga, Bill Blass, the Baader-Meinhoff gang, StyleWars.com, Moss, Cathy Horyn, After Dark magazine, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, David Hicks, Elsa Peretti, peonies, Chandler Burr's Scent Notes blog, Satyricon, Brasilia, Bronzino, jet set, Doris Duke, Pat Ast, radical chic