Cultural Icons as Kokeshi Dolls
Refashioning fashion designers and artists as adorable little dolls continues. The Japanese craft of kokeshi — limbless, emotionless, wood-carved figurines — is the latest tradition be revived, although here practiced by the English artist Becky Kemp, aka Sketch. She’s applied the tadpole-like treatment to the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Andy Warhol, and Frida Kahlo, who’ve never looked more kawaii.
Coco Chanel + Karl Lagerfeld
David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust
Andy Warhol
Anna Wintour
Frida Kahlo
Iris Apfel + Anna Wintour
Karl Lagerfeld + Coco Chanel
Lady Gaga
Salvador Dali
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
Frozen
Geisha
Girl with the Pearl Earring
Karl Lagerfeld + Choupette
Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly
The Little Mermaid
Marc Jacobs
Marie Antoinette
Piet Mondrian
Pocahontas
Prince
Queen Elizabeth I
Vivienne Westwood
Yayoi Kusama + Georgia O’Keeffe
Batman and a Robin
The Beatles
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