Category Archives: Art x Outfits Edits

De La Tour’s light

Art x Fashion Edit #46 There’s something arresting about the stillness of La Diseuse de bonne aventure. Painted around 1630, at the cusp of Baroque theatricality and Caravaggesque realism, Georges de La Tour renders deception with disarming calm. The figures hover in suspended choreography: a young man, lavishly dressed, entranced by a fortune teller’s gaze, whileContinue reading “De La Tour’s light”

Pecis’ Slow Morning

Art x Fashion Edit #45 Hilary Pecis paints in a language of objects: carefully chosen, deliberately placed, yet never sterile. In Breakfast Nook (2021), the domestic sphere becomes a charged site for aesthetic assembly. A vase of carnations and marigolds sits alongside citrus fruit, vintage stationery, and art books stacked like cultural citations. The mise-en-scène evokesContinue reading “Pecis’ Slow Morning”

Morellet’s Primaries

Art x Fashion Edit #44 There’s something quietly radical about how François Morellet’s Relâche n°4 repositions the act of looking. Composed in 1992 and held by the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the piece draws from a lexicon of grids, neon, lacquered aluminium, and chance, inviting its viewer into a dialogue between rigidity and release. Though the work sitsContinue reading “Morellet’s Primaries”

Friggitello alla Moda

Art x Fashion Edit #43 Massimo Catalani magnifies the simplicity of peppers by painting them monumental. Born in Rome in 1960 and trained as an architect, he spent years designing spaces before turning fully to painting. That background never left him. You can see it in his canvases: the rigor of scale, the geometry ofContinue reading “Friggitello alla Moda”

Hayez’ Kiss

Art x Fashion Edit #42 Francesco Hayez’s The Kiss (1859) is one of those paintings that lures you in with romance, then hits you with politics. Cloaked figures, a shadowy corner, a kiss so urgent it feels stolen: it’s the most iconic image of Italian Romanticism. But behind the tenderness lies a manifesto. Painted at the heightContinue reading “Hayez’ Kiss”

Nikki’s Summer Party

Art x Outfits Edit #41 Some places do more than just inspire an outfit, they are the outfit. Nikki de Saint Phalle’s Jardin des Tarots in Tuscany is one of them. A labyrinth of monumental arcana, all glittering mosaics and surreal curves. It is a place where you walk into a sculpture and the sculpture stares right back atContinue reading “Nikki’s Summer Party”

Hockney’s Blues

Art x Outfits Edit #40 David Hockney’s A Bigger Interior with Blue Terrace and Garden, 2017, feels like a mood board for dressing like your imagination got loose in the South of France, or, for that matter, California. It is a long, narrow canvas, almost awkward in shape like it is refusing to fit neatly on aContinue reading “Hockney’s Blues”

Kelly Colors

Art x Outfit Edit #38 Last week, I went to the Ellsworth Kelly show at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. The retrospective underlines the gradual evolution of his work from figurative inspirations to abstract large scale canvases.  Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line,Continue reading “Kelly Colors”

Spring going on Summer

Art x Outfit Edit #37 Finally, after literal MONTHS of rain in the French capital, the sun seems to be settling back. For how long you ask? Well, let’s be delusional and say: for a decent amount of time. Whatever, this sun has made me excited for the Summer to come and has me daydreamingContinue reading “Spring going on Summer”