Sofas and Sundays go hand in hand… In the new issue of Elephant, acclaimed fashion design Duro Olowu weaves together the influence that painters Jean-Édouard Vuillard and Barkley L. Hendricks both had on his Autumn/Winter 2021 collection. Speaking of the latter, creator of this exquisite portrait, he writes, “Everyone [Hendricks] painted was someone he knew. He often passed people on the street and asked them to come to his studio. The women in his paintings always look powerful, as a result of how their clothes reveal or conceal. It is not a fantasy of sensuality or strength, it is a reality. One informed by the poise and grace of his subjects.” Get your copy of Elephant 46 to read on.
