Stephen Webster, the charismatic British jewelry designer who opened his first U.S. store on Rodeo Drive last year, is set to host an exhibition of photographs of the late, great Elizabeth Taylor in the shop’s ‘No Regrets’ lounge — which has already welcomed some pretty major artists since opening.
The 18 color and black-and-white photos were taken by British lensman Richard Young. The exhibition will open this Wednesday and run through March, with, um, 5 percent of proceeds from sales of the photos benefiting Elizabeth Taylor’s charity of choice, amfAR, the foundation for AIDS research.
Webster has a professional history with Taylor. In the 1980s, the famous magpie, who had a huge and glittering jewelry collection, commissioned the designer to create a rose gold ring engraved with flowers and set with a lavender chalcedony stone, along with a bracelet to match her famous violet eyes.
Young “became friends with the people he photographed because he was such a warm person,” Webster noted. “Richard met everyone and became their friend, catching them in the perfect moment with his camera.”
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Photo: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, by Richard Young.
