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Heads up: Tony Viramontes



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Along with Michael Roberts and Antonio Lopez, Tony Viramontes was a major influence in my early quest to be a fashion illustrator. His dynamic brush strokes and androgynous subjects are just as impactful now as they were in the eighties. Good to hear there’s a monograph coming out in October courtesy of Laurence King to celebrate the illustrator who died in 1988 at the age of 33.

A month before sees a 1stDibs.com sale of original Viramontes artwork and Polaroids, which until now have resided in the Viramontes family lockup in L.A. Mark your diaries for September 4th to snap up a gem or two…

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Martyn Thompson Interiors



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After my trip to the Saatchi for the Hermes Festival Des Metiers press preview, I nipped into Anthropologie for a quick browse. That’s a lie of course. There’s nothing quick about an ‘Anthro’ browse. I was there for the best part of an hour, upending every cup and plate and inspecting every book. (more…)

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Last chance for Lichtenstein



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Yikes, where is the time going? This week is the last chance to see Lichtenstein – A Retrospective at Tate Modern and I managed to get my eye in fashionably late last week. If you love his classic dot artworks, this is a chance to see them in huge scale which is really not to be missed. Most people are familiar with the War and Romance era, the comic-book style ‘WHAMM!’s and melodramatic close-ups of women in distress. (more…)

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Reading list: C.Z. Guest: American Style Icon



I haven’t seen this out in the UK yet but as soon as I do, I’m grabbing a copy. ‘Style icon’ is a phrase tossed about with far too much gay abandon these days, but C.Z. Guest (real name, Lucy) really was one, with her unique mix of uptown couture and sporty elan (and of course that hair).

C.Z. Guest: American Style Icon by Susanna Salk is published by Rizzoli books

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