Erté - Illustrator, Designer, Legend

utopia · 20-04-2005

one of my very favourites. fashion illustrator/designer/set designer/costumer designer, and I think his fashion illustrations are gorgeous.

utopia · 20-04-2005

some of his work for harper's bazaar...

(all pics, including the first post, are from http://www.erte.com/)

utopia · 20-04-2005

a few more...

Estella* · 20-04-2005

absolutely gorgeous, utopia!
i love the last lady in your first post!

utopia · 20-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by anna karina

absolutely gorgeous, utopia!
i love the last lady in your first post!

I'd thought you'd appreciate it.

Estella* · 20-04-2005

^

purity from www.bertc.com

**MulletProof** · 20-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by utopia

a few more...

LOVE it.

quoted pics remind me of marie antoinette

Mr-Dale · 20-04-2005

Ohh wow, I love them....gorgeous.

snowqueen · 20-04-2005

they are great, so detailed !!

Yppe · 20-04-2005

They're so beautiful! I like them, they seem drawings of clothes from different ages and places...

softgrey · 20-04-2005

i was going to start a thread for this....so glad you did utopia...thank you!!...erte is one of my favourites from a very young age...

i remember very clearly coming to manhattan with my mom and going to a gallery in soho that only carried his work...(it's gone now..see the thread on the death of soho..

..)...

but what struck me was his name...
it's his INITIALS....R.T. ...pronounced in french ER TE...
i just thought that was so clever...

...

Spike413 · 20-04-2005

I LOVE Erte's work! So beautiful and unique.....I remember my father liking his work and seeing some of it when I was a child.

travolta · 20-04-2005

i absolutely love erte! i have a book on him i purchased from a thrift store and it was wayyy too much money but i had to have it because he had such amazing drawings! i'll post some more pics otherwise i'll scan some in. i love the art deco and the color combinations he used..i also adore the styling of the croquis--so glam and femme fatale! i love the post with the red balloons-or whatever they are.!!!!!!!!!!

lucky star · 20-04-2005

Oh, thank you so much Utopia, for starting a thread about erte, and for posting pictures I haven't seen before. Erte is one of my all time favorites too.
When I was younger I got an erte calendar for my birthday, and after the year was over I took it apart and hung all the pictures on my wall. Which now that I think about it, seems pretty ghetto, but at the time it was awesome.

travolta · 20-04-2005

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utopia ingenue Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: us Gender: femme Posts: 5,248	Erté - Illustrator, Designer, Legend one of my very favourites. fashion illustrator/designer/set designer/costumer designer, and I think his fashion illustrations are gorgeous. Last edited by utopia; 20-04-2005 at 10:07 AM.

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Estella* a dim capacity for wings Design Team Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: la rue Gender: femme Posts: 7,651	^ purity from www.bertc.com __________________ mode schoepfung estella mare Last edited by utopia; 17-10-2005 at 10:13 AM.

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Mr-Dale Unveil Yourself.... Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: homme Posts: 14,935	Ohh wow, I love them....gorgeous. __________________ Beauty is the climactic apotheosis of flowing elegance... twitter.com/ErikP87

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Yppe trendsetter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paris Gender: femme Posts: 1,100	They're so beautiful! I like them, they seem drawings of clothes from different ages and places...

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lucky star front row Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Viva Santa Fe! Gender: femme Posts: 219	Oh, thank you so much Utopia, for starting a thread about erte, and for posting pictures I haven't seen before. Erte is one of my all time favorites too. When I was younger I got an erte calendar for my birthday, and after the year was over I took it apart and hung all the pictures on my wall. Which now that I think about it, seems pretty ghetto, but at the time it was awesome.