Antonio Lopez/The One and Only

Taking a moment to salute Antonio Lopez, a fashion illustrator extraordinaire and bon vivant. Originally from Puerto Rico, Lopez moved to New York at the age of seven and studied at FIT as a young adult. He quit school when he got a job at WWD and later moved on the The New York Times. During that time he met his creative partner in life Juan Ramos and immigrated to Paris. Upon arriving to Paris he started working with Karl Lagerfeld and entered the glamourous jet set circle of the time. With a a painterly quality ( inspired by Leger,Wesselman and Dali) and a keen eye for what a sophisticated woman should embody, Lopez dictated elegance through his sketches. Here are a few of my favorites.