Series: Obsession

Christian Bérard highlights the multifaceted talents of a remarkable artist who navigated freely across diverse artistic domains. Bérard thrived as a painter, designer of theatre and film sets and costumes, fashion designer, interior designer, and was a masterful draftsman and colourist. His iconic drawings epitomised the Paris fashion world and featured on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Women's...

Featuring rare images from Pierre Passebon's personal collection, this volume celebrates Marlene Dietrich, Hollywood's iconic femme fatale, as immortalized by master photographers including Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Milton Greene, George Hurrell, Antony Armstrong-Jones, and others. An active participant in her photo sessions, she constructed her own unique image of charm and seduction. Dietrich's life was devoted...