Maripol’s photos at the Soho Grand
“You know Maripol even if you don’t know Maripol” – Tricia Romano writes on the Village Voice. “She’s the ’80s icon behind the ’80s icons. Those black rubber bracelets you wore in junior high or high school because you thought you were copying Madonna? That was really Maripol.
The French artist-designer-photographer seizes on the ’80s renaissance with her book of Polaroids Maripolrama, which captures the city’s downtown denizens, the yet to be famous and the stylish at the height of their youth and influence. A windblown Debbie Harry graces the cover; Madonna‘s there in her material, grungy glory; so are Keith Haring, Debi Mazar, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Maripol had a party last Thursday at Soho Grand, where the photos on display drew a throng of past, present, and future fabulous.
In honor of the occasion, Tricia wore an armful of black rubber bracelets. If you ever wondered how she got the idea for them, it was an industrial thing.
“Madonna was as inspired by me as I was by her. We were like street girls in the sense that we were roaming the streets back then. She got me to style her first album cover. Basically it was easy. I had the jewelry. I was already making the rubber and crosses. And then, you know, everybody copied me. They are still copying me” she laughs.
From an article by Tricia Romano, the Village Voice.