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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Misia Sert (1872-1950)

It is incredible how much fashion owes to Misia Sert, despite she didn't care much about it. She was best friends with Coco Chanel, and the responsible of introducing Coco in the demi-monde Parisien. She was muse and she inspired people such as Renoir, Proust, Cocteau, Picasso, T. Lautrec or Apollinaire. Coco said "Misia never read a book"; however, she was always surrounded by people who were pure culture. She is the best proof of how fashion and art are combined irreparably. Coco Chanel made up Twentieh century's fashion, for the most part, thanks to her. Misia introduced her the big names of the Parisien society, and with them, she increased hugely the opportunities that Coco had to succeed.
Misia was married three times, one of them with Edwards, a very rich man whose fortune allowed her to become a sponsor for dozens of artists. She died alone and still in love with her last husband, Jose Mar�a Sert -he was a Spanish artist- despite they were divorced.
by Pierre Auguste Renoir





by Henry de Toulouse Lautrec



No se podr�a cuantificar todo lo que la moda le debe a Misia Sert. Y eso que a ella la moda no le preocupaba en absoluto. Era una de las mejores amigas de Coco Chanel, y la principal responsable de meter a Coco en el mundo de los grandes nombres de la cultura francesa. Misia fue musa y sirvi� de inspiraci�n a gente como Renoir, Proust, Cocteau, Picasso, T. Lautrec o Apollinaire entre muchos otros. Ella es la mejor prueba de que el arte y la moda est�n irremediablemente unidos. Si Chanel se invent� la moda del siglo XX, en gran parte, fue gracias a Misia, que aument� exponencialmente las posibilidades de la primera de tener �xito al presentarle a los m�s influyentes de la sociedad del momento.
Misia se cas� tres veces, la segunda, con el se�or Edwards, un hombre muy rico cuya fortuna permiti� que que la que m�s tarde ser�a se�ora Sert se convirtiese en mecenas de docenas de artistas. Pero su �nico amor -como ella misma relata en sus memorias- fue el artista espa�ol Jos� Mar�a Sert, del que ella dijo cuando desapareci� -pese a que estaban divorciados "sin �l no tengo ninguna raz�n para vivir".

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