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Before There Were Influencers, There Was Antonio, Illustrator Extraordinaire and Arbiter of Style

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
  • Antonio Lopez and Nancy North at Caf Bonaparte Paris 1972.
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    Photo: Antonio Lopez / Courtesy of The Estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos, 2012. From Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco directed by James Crump
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    Antonio Lopez and Nancy North at Café Bonaparte, Paris, 1972.

  • Carol LaBrie for Italian Replica Handbag Store 1971.
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    Carol LaBrie, for Italian Vogue, 1971.

  • Antonio Lopez Pat Cleveland and Karl Lagerfeld Paris 1970.
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    Antonio Lopez, Pat Cleveland, and Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, 1970.

  • Antonio Lopez Corey Tippin and Donna Jordan SaintTropez 1970.
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    Antonio Lopez, Corey Tippin, and Donna Jordan, St.-Tropez, 1970.

  • Tina Chow London 1975.
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    Tina Chow, London, 1975.

  • Jane Forth and Antonio Lopez Carnegie Hall Studios New York 1970.
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    Jane Forth and Antonio Lopez, Carnegie Hall Studios, New York, 1970.

  • Pat Cleveland and Donna Jordan Paris 1970.
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    Pat Cleveland and Donna Jordan, Paris, 1970.

  • Jerry Hall 1974.
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    Jerry Hall, 1974.

  • Antonio Lopez 1970 Sex Fashion Disco .
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    Photo: Courtesy of Summitridge Pictures and RSJC LLC, 2017
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    Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco (2018).

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More