Maira Kalman's "Stephane Mallarme with Shawl"

"The artist Maira Kalman has always had an idiosyncratic approach to defining elegance, having co-authored a book titled "(un)Fashion," and illustrated E. B. White's " The Elements of Style." For the cover of the September 22, 2025, Fall Style & Design Issue, she chose to portray the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé. "I spent a year reading French poets with my poetry group," Kalman said."

""Of all the poets, Mallarmé had the most appeal as a person. As for poetry itself, bring on the madness." For more covers by Maira Kalman, see below: Find Maira Kalman's covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store."

Maira Kalman has an idiosyncratic approach to defining elegance. She co-authored a book titled "(un)Fashion" and illustrated E. B. White's The Elements of Style. She chose to portray the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé for the cover of the September 22, 2025 Fall Style & Design Issue. She spent a year reading French poets with her poetry group. Of all the poets, Mallarmé had the most appeal to her as a person. Kalman embraces poetry's disorder with the phrase "bring on the madness." Condé Nast Store offers her covers, cartoons, and related work.

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