Jean Cocteau

COCTEAU WINS: The New Jean Cocteau Museum Gives The Protean Artist His Due (SLIDESHOW)

Michael Kurcfeld | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: France, Arts, Slidepollajax, Jean Cocteau Art Museum, Jean Cocteau, Sévérin Wunderman, Beauty and the Beast, Jean Cocteau Art, Blood of the Poet, Arts News
Michael Kurcfeld

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was the kind of artist who could turn a ravaging addiction to opium, or the death of a lover, into masterpieces of literature and graphic art.

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Rise Up, Men, to the Glorious High-Waisted Pant!

Cator Sparks | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Robert Bryan, Jean Cocteau, Purple Label, Jacques Dutronc, Doyle Mueser, Picasso, Nick Wooster, High Waisted Pants for Men, Fred Astaire, Levis, Ralph Lauren, Style News
Cator Sparks

High-waisted is the way to go. My legs look Amazonian in length, my posture is perfected and my silhouette is much more streamlined.

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ART MASH-UP: Resampling Jean Cocteau at the Guggenheim

Spread ArtCulture | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melvin Van Peebles, Kisa Lala, DJ Spooky, New York, Jean Cocteau, CoCo Chanel, The Blood of a Poet, Guggenheim, Charles Fabius, Paul Miller, Corey Baker, Arts News
Spread ArtCulture

By Kisa Lala "Portrait of Jean Cocteau by Irving Penn" As part of the Guggenheim's "Chaos and Classicism" exhibition, curator Charles Fabius had or...

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Jean Cocteau Goes Multimedia at the Guggenheim

Charles Fabius | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul-Miller, CoCo Chanel, Jean Cocteau, Barbette, Arts News
Charles Fabius

Today's music video industry would probably not exist if Jean Cocteau had not paved the way with his film The Blood of a Poet, one of the fascinating works currently on show at the Guggenheim Museum.

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How Josephine Baker Helped Save Post-War French Fashion (PHOTOS)

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, Balenciaga, Balmain, Jean-Claude Baker, Paris, Fashion History, Dior, Jean Cocteau, Style, 1920s, Style Icon, Josephine Baker, Lesley M. M. Blume, Fashion, Fashion News, Fashion Icon, Chez Josephine, Paul Poiret, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

I spoke to Baker's son about how Josephine became a savior of the House of Dior, who really invented that deliciously scandalous string of bananas, and how she became a "guest editor" at Vogue (without the editors ever knowing it).

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The Runways of Yesterday: 9 Designers Worth Revisiting

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, Madeleine Vionnet, CoCo Chanel, James Galanos, Marc Jacobs, Salvador Dali, Jean Harlow, Derek Lam, Oleg Cassini, Bob Mackie, Mary McFadden, Jackie Kennedy, Jason Wu, Chanel, Fashion Week, Lilly Dache, Calvin Klein, Marlene Dietrich, Donna Karen, Jean Cocteau, Style, Carmen Miranda, Thakoon, Lesley M. M. Blume, Josephine Baker, Paul Poiret, Greta Garbo, Elsa Schiaparelli, Fashion, Raco Rabanne, Nancy Reagan, New York Fashion Week, Diane Von Furstenberg, Joan Collins, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Fashion often looks to the past for inspiration. This fall, history is in great evidence: surrealist flourishes from the 1940s abound; shoulder pads and neons from 1980s saturate clothing lines at all levels.

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