Over the course of her unusual and long life, Misia Sert achieved something truly rare: a kind of immortality. The coquette of Belle Époque Paris, Sert was painted by some of the best known artists in the world, including Renoir, Bonnard, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Vuillard. “The painters had the privilege of immortalising her miraculous looks,” wrote critic Clive James in the London Review of Books, “which included a legendary pair of legs and a bosom that kept strong men awake at night thinking.” She was a confidante of Picasso’s, and a friend of Proust, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Cocteau, Gide, Monet, Stravinsky and Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes. She and Coco Chanel were “soul sisters,” and likely lovers.
Fashion Designers: Inspired by Art
Ahead of the race, Alexander McQueen comes in first place for pushing the boundaries of fashion with his fierce and fragile fashion designs. He…