tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post1002106113072080514..comments2023-10-09T04:45:43.891-07:00Comments on and then, and then: Weekend Reading ListDaniel Gohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13177637203724062390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-87209809314966678502010-09-20T18:08:01.198-07:002010-09-20T18:08:01.198-07:00Dear Anon: How ignorant etc can you be when you ca...Dear Anon: How ignorant etc can you be when you can cite aubrey beardsley? I think you are responding to the orientalism of inherent in the subject and also that perversity. And then again, I think any illustrator owes a big debt to beardsley! In antonio's case, he has cited a long list of 'influences' including goya. I don't remember him specifically citing Beardsley but that'Daniel Gohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177637203724062390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-10211529803404006542010-09-20T11:45:32.639-07:002010-09-20T11:45:32.639-07:00pls pardon my vast ignorance when it comes to anyt...pls pardon my <i>vast</i> ignorance when it comes to anything related to women's wear & girls' fashion: but do i see hints of aubrey beardsley in the last pic, or am i imagining things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-44142842537751168842010-09-19T19:05:35.499-07:002010-09-19T19:05:35.499-07:00Dear David Toms: We have blue and white china and ...Dear David Toms: We have blue and white china and antonio in common! Yes, I too tore out all his drawings from magazines i could no longer keep and there was such a lot. Remember those Missoni ads? Antonio was prolific wasn't he. I am still waiting for more of his books to come out because there is so much more isn't there?Daniel Gohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177637203724062390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-3326068452198079742010-09-19T09:33:52.956-07:002010-09-19T09:33:52.956-07:00I loved Antonio's drawings and whenever they a...I loved Antonio's drawings and whenever they appeared in magazines, I always tore them out. I still have them from over 30 years ago! Definitely one of the great fashion illustrators of our timeDavid Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181690917362173400noreply@blogger.com