![]() ![]() ![]() His writing earned him an impressive league of fans Pablo Picasso, Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean Cocteau were enthusiasts. Emblematic of Genet’s erotically-charged vision is the Breton-striped sailor from his novel Querelle de Brest.īorn in 1910 to a prostitute, adopted by a carpenter, raised in the provinces, then leaving to drift around Europe working as a beggar and prostitute, Genet created work – novels, plays and artist essays – that explored themes of homosexuality and criminality, fuelling fascination about his own unconventional backstory. French avant-garde writer Jean Genet's inversion of the moral and literary zeitgeist gave way to an enduring romanticism with French vagrancy and a tawdry underworld that continues to inspire artists, musicians and fashion designers to this day. ![]() Sometimes, the fashion legacy of a famous figure owes itself not to the way they dressed but the sartorial influence of their life’s work. ![]()
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