Love Letters to...

In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the American portrait painter John Singer Sargent, and Thomas E. McKeller, his until-recently forgotten muse for the gods and goddesses of Boston's public works murals.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate English fashion designer Norman Hartnell, the couturier of Queens, aristocrats, and notably well-dressed personages all around the world.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Fanny Eaton, model and muse for the Pre-Raphaelite artists of the Royal Academy in the 19th century. Jamaican-born and from a diverse ancestry, Eaton's distinctive beauty shifted the way that prominent British painters like Simeon Solomon and Dante Gabriel Rossetti represented characters of color in their work.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Prince and his many muses, including Vanity, Apollonia, Kim Basinger, Carmen Electra, Vanessa Marcil, and Mayte Garcia.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the infamous Mitfords, and the sister who wrote about them.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate a love story distorted by Soviet oppression. Writer and poet Boris Pasternak wrote his masterpiece, Doctor Zhivago, inspired in part by his mistress, Olga Ivinskaya. The only problem was that Soviet authorities had banned Doctor Zhivago, and to punish its maker, they took aim at his muse.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Edith Wharton, and her muses, the Dollar Princesses of the Gilded Age - with a special nod to Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jennie Jerome, and Frances Work.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the fashion design genius of Oleg Cassini, and his muse and co-maker Jacqueline Kennedy, whose stunning style defined an administration.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate Pattie Boyd, the muse of two legendary music men, George Harrison and Eric Clapton.

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In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the muse of artists and makers alike with the legendary Hotel du Cap, the French Riviera playground to the rich, famous, and talented too.

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