#the quai venice

DesignerNorman Norell proudly standing amongst his muses: models dressed in his signature sequined sheath gowns along with the Marchesa Luisa Casati, portrayed in Kees van Dongen’s 1921 painting, The Quai, Venice. Photo by Milton Greene, Life Magazine, September, 1960.

Norman Norell owned the portait of the eccentric Marchesa Luisa Casati (the same Marchesa who inspired the label Marchesa by Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig) and designed his Fall 1960 collection in her honor.