Spun Sugar

From Christian Louboutin’s Fall 2011 look bookMarie Antoinette, Wendy PaulaRococo is an artistic movement of the eighteenth-century that grew out of Baroque. Extremely decorative and pretty, it was a reaction against the grandeur of the heavy Baroque style, and is characterised by pastel colours, asymmetrical designs, sinuous curves, voluptuous shapes and plenty of gold. It was applied to all forms of art: sculpture, painting, architecture, interior design, décor, and the performing arts. Lush, witty and playful, it first made its graceful appearance in Paris. Just think of Sophia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. Here is a little collection of mine in lavish pinks, greens and golds.

Watteau II, by Stephanie PeekFrom Such Foulness of Root Does Sweetness Grow, Ray Caesar, 2009Inside of the ladies garden at Vauxhall, Joseph Highmore (1692‑1780), 1778