Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Eliot Raffít, third generation artist & designer, is known internationally for his signature Romantisme style.

Eliot Raffít, third generation artist & designer, is known internationally for his signature Romantisme (French for Romanticism) style.  Born in Miami, the son of a passionate artist & architect father & a mother who sculpted in marble.  His maternal grandfather headed a women’s fashion house & his maternal grandmother painted in oils.  His early days were filled with painting, drawing & sculpting, while nights took the family to the opera & ballet.  His family felt travel was an important educational instrument & off they flew to the great capitals of the arts: London, Paris, Barcelona, Athens, Cairo & Kyoto.  These extending voyages would play a significant role in the development of his emerging style.  His father saw his son was gifted beyond his years & at the age of nine sent him to apprentice with an Italian master of classical drawing & painting.  His formal education culminated with honors at Cornell University, College of Art & Architecture. 

The early years were lined with cultural trips to New York to view the metropolitan museums & theater.  One spring Sunday, the young protégé proudly strolled 5th Avenue with his parents in hand for the Easter Parade, as he waved to the onlookers.  Pageantry & fashion were deeply intertwined with his love for the arts.  His move to New York was an inevitable conclusion, as the center of fashion & culture beckoned him.  His Manhattan atelier is now home for his creative endeavors as he designs new visions for patterns & products within the realm of luxury fashion & home decor.  His artistic influence can be found in the Modernist canvases of the French painters Leger & Matisse.  His fashion inspiration is composed from the couture creations of the French designers Chanel & Dior. 


Eliot Raffít’s designs can be found in the finest luxury retail stores in the Americas, Europe & Asia:  Bergdorf Goodman & Saks Fifth Avenue on New York’s 5th Avenue; Neiman Marcus in Dallas; Harrods in London & Lane Crawford in Hong Kong. 
 

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