Maripol’s New Book

When Madonna’s Like a Virgin came out in 1984, it wasn’t just the songs that made a splash, it was her look. That crucifix jewelry! Those earrings! Those black rubber bracelets! The accessories that gave Madonna her stylistic edge and sparked millions of prepubescent copycats across the globe were the brainchild of Maripol, a designer and stylist who was working at the time as the art director of the Fiorucci store.
“I was attracted by objects and I liked to use them by taking away their original meaning,” Maripol has said. “I would see something I liked and I’d say, ‘That would be great as an earring.'” An habitue of the same New York dance clubs as the singer, Maripol styled Madonna at the outset of the Material Girl’s career, both casually and also officially, on the Like a Virgin album cover, ensuring the singer an eternal spot in the pantheon of pop style icons. “I was already making the rubber jewelry and I was already making the crosses because of my love for the punks,” she said. “So it was perfect for her.”

Publisher Damiani has just published this week a new book in which Maripol, who has just launched a new line of colorful affordable accessories for Marc Jacobs, opens up her scrapbooks of drawings, designs, photography and writing to create a book that captures her personality as an artist, beginning with her childhood and her arrival in New York as a 19-year-old art school student.

Maripol‘s innate sense of fashion made her win a school contest for best costume when she was a child. It was a shiny Little Red Riding Hood costume that gives title to this amazing new book release. MadonnaTribe
staff higly recomends this release and we also invite you to read our exclusive interview with Maripol by clicking HERE