Maripol

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Maripol was raised in France before moving to New York in 1976. She is an Artist (Film producer, fashion designer and stylist who has had influence on the looks of many influential artists, including Grace Jones, Deborah Harry, Madonna. Maripol is also known as a polaroid artist photographer who has exhibited her photos in art galleries all over the world. And is being collected by museums. In 2006 maripol had a new book of her life's photography published. ^[1]

Maripol is best known for designing for and styling pop singer Madonna during the Madonna and Like a Virgin albums in the mid-1980s. Maripol's trademark black rubber bracelets, jewellery and crucifixes became as iconic as Madonna herself in these early years.

Maripol had much success setting up her own shop in New York during the mid-1980 in noho Maripolitan ( youtube madonna /maripol) and also made a line of official Madonna jewellery and accessories for the like a virgin tour.

At the same times directing documentary films like " crack is whack" on artist of the era like Keith Haring . She has also worked as a film producer, most notably on Downtown 81, a film that featured Blondie lead singer Deborah Harry and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Although the film directed by then partner Edo and written by famous writer Glenn O'brien, was shot in 1980-81.it was not until 1998 and thanks to hard research that the film was rediscovered, cleaned up, edited and released after being selected at the director's fortnight Cannes 2000.