A Look At The Long Overdue Thierry Mugler Retrospective
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is presenting the very first exhibition on the work of French fashion designer and perfumer Thierry Mugler. This retrospective…
Karl Lagerfeld 1933-2019
In Memoriam Karl Lagerfeld 1933-2019 In Memoriam Karl Lagerfeld. It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of The House of…
Aretha: A Look Back At The Life of A Legend Through 50 Photos.
Aretha. You don't even need to say her last name. Everyone knows the Queen of Soul. The woman whose gospel-honed, passionate voice appealed to multi-generations…
Two Talented But Troubled Creative Souls Take Their Lives
Two very well-known creative people took their own lives this past week. People who seemed as though they had everything one could want. People who…
A Look Back At The Life of Hubert de Givenchy
He founded one of the most famous fashion houses in France, Audrey Hepburn was his muse, inspiration and lifelong friend, and no one embodied gentlemanly…
Remembering Diana Through 40 Formal Portraits 20 Years Later
It's surprisingly hard to write this post even though it's been 20 years since the passing of the woman I first knew as Lady Di,…
Sam Shepard Was The Right Stuff In So Many Ways (Tons of great photos)
He was cool. He was smart. He was sexy. He was Sam Shepard, a brilliant playwright, talented actor and all around badass who he lost…
Google Doodle Doesn’t Do Justice To The Incredibly Talented Eiko Ishioka.
Today’s Google Doodle honors the late Eiko Ishioka. Based on the images, one could deduce that she was a costume designer. But Ishioka was soooooo much more than that. An artist, advertising art director, graphic artist, costume designer, logo designer and all around creative talent, Ishioka passed away in 2012 from pancreatic cancer. The woman was talented in just about every creative endeavor imaginable. (more…)
The Legacy Of Legendary Pop Artist James Rosenquist
Writing these last minute posts because of the passing of someone is never fun. Especially when you know that their absence is likely to change…
Remembering Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal passed away on March 13, 2017. So much more than an author, a mother or a wife. More than a copywriter, a…