Giardini concluded his mid-1990s creative illustration spurt with this series of famous lovers, again in his trademark highly-designed, brilliantly-coloured style. The connection between his love of costume design and his sense of graphic space are abundantly clear in this witty portfolio.

His lovers are:
     Adam and Eve
     Don Juan
     Faust and Marguerite
     Casanova
     Bluebeard
     La Dame aux Camelias
     Messalina
     Romeo and Juliet
     Samson and Delilah