This and That: Anna Wintour and Jasper Johns

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed.

Today: Ecstatic lines and gilded glamour

A woman standing on a pink carpet, wearing a feathery dress with a criss-cross pattern.
Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture at the 2022 Met Gala. Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FILMMAGIC
An artwork featuring many criss-cross patterns in varying colors.
Jasper Johns, “Cicada,” 1979, screenprint in colors on laid paper, artist’s proof 1/10, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund. Copyright Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

 

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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan

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