From modeling clothes to modeling flowers in silk arrangements
Manhattan native Martin Snakk shaped a career around silk floral art inspired by luxury homes and their orchids. He created faux arrangements for hospitalized AIDS and cancer patients, later earning commissions from Paris to Tokyo, including Versailles where Kissinger’s wife requested 200 pieces.
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Pop Star of the Runway Martin Snark rises as fashion’s magic man
The May June Models World feature profiles Martin Snark a runway movement expert who uses a sheet as a teaching aid. From early work posing for design students in 1976 to Halston Valentino Armani and St Laurent he rose after Adel Rootstein sculpted his image. His likeness appears in department store windows and Saks Bergdorf Lord & Taylor and Barney’s. He married Patty Cleveland and high profile designer Andy Warhol dubbed him pop star of the runway.
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