Will cotton

Will Cotton is already well known for his artistic collaborations, especially with the direction of funny Katy Perry’s Clip “California Girls”

Moby is the artist who wasn’t there—but only because he’s always in motion. From hardcore punk to techno to film scores to mainstream rock to the sampladelic commercial phenomenon that was 1999’s Play, Moby’s career can appear as a blur of forever-changing sounds, vocalists and moods. His palette has shifted to twilight blue on the […]

Is there any bigger affront to the most stylish 14-year-old girl in Hollywood than having to wear a kilt to school?

Would a cotton candy storm involve liquid sugar?

Will Cotton is best known for his depictions of landscapes composed of sweets, often inhabited by languidly posed female figures. Executed with flawless skill and technique, Cotton’s work is an optical delight and is formally resonant with the influences of seventeenth-century rococo paintings, the nudes of Bouguereau and Cabanel, and the classic American pin-ups of George Petty and Alberto Vargas.

Will Cotton, the artist behind Katy Perry’s super-kitsch California Gurls music video, bakes his props then transforms them into fantastical worlds. Here is a taste of some of his sugar-coated creations, from candy cane houses to candyfloss clouds

Is there any bigger affront to the most stylish 14-year-old girl in Hollywood than having to wear a kilt to school?

In this collaboration between New York Magazine and artist Will Cotton (which originally ran in the 2013 February issue), actress Elle Fanning is made to look sweeter than she already does. above left: Will Cotton's sketch of Elle fanning in headpiece, above right: Elle photographed by Will in the headpiece In addition to being the photographer and stylist, Will Cotton designed many of the sets, accessories and clothes inspired by spring fashions by other designers. In his inimitable style…