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If you are in the Piccadilly or Green Park area of London over the next few days and are a lover of fashion illustration, like me, it might be worth popping into the Drawing on Style exhibition in the Gallery 8 exhibition space in Duke Street. Gray MCA, who are putting the exhibition on say: Drawing […]
MoreAn opportunity to see some of Rene Gruau’s lovely illustrations in a new(ish) book, Dior: The Perfumes by Chandler Burr, described as: An exquisite exploration of the relationship between Christian Dior and perfumes, celebrating sixty-five years of inspiration, innovation, and style. List of available supply from publisher, Rizzoli, including the ever-ubiquitous Amazon. Another one for the collection […]
MoreI saw these two beautiful dresses from the Alberta Ferretti Resort 2015 collection, above and below, on CoolChicStyleFashion a few days ago. There is something about the drama of exquisite colour and texture that demands simplicity in design and style, no? For plus-sizes and wheelchair users, this is as relevant as for anyone else, I […]
MoreYohji Yamamoto: “Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy – but mysterious. But above all black says this: “I don’t bother you – don’t bother me.” Those are words I live my life by. From #Wordweek: Favourite Fashion Quotes – all on AnOther Magazine celebrating, yes, you […]
MoreI’ve spent the last hour checking out the work of fashion illustrator and animation artist, Jo Ratcliffe. Interesting and worth your time if you’re into either of these things. I started with a short Crane TV video, below, then looked up Jo’s work on Youtube and finally clicked about her Jo Ratcliffe website. My favourite […]
MoreI’m not a Lagerfeld or Chanel fangirl by and large but who doesn’t love a beautiful pussy like Karl Lagerfeld’s Choupette who, according to Fashion Gone Rogue is: “slated to headline a holiday makeup collection [for Shu Uemura] called Shupette which is reported to feature items such as furry false lashes with fun quotes from […]
MoreOh, these are fabulous illustrations. Check out Red Hong Yi’s Make-Up Meets Chinese Art for more examples. I read about the Red Hong Yi’s idea for the illustrations on Fashion Gone Rogue: Artist Makes Paintings By Using Make-Up Products – which must win some ‘clumsiest title for an internet article’ somewhere, no? They say: We have […]
MoreI was flipping through AnOther Magazine’s listings and was stopped in my clicks by the image above. How fab it is … Drawn by Donald Robertson, aka Drawbertson, there is a lovely recommendation to his work, written by Kin Woo for AnOther Magazine: Donald Drawbertson Instagrammar Extraordinaire. Do read the full piece but I loved […]
MoreRecuperating at home from my latest hospital treatment, I came across fashion illustrator Clym Evernden’s work via Six Rules Of Celine Fall 2014 for Another Magazine. Clicking across to Clym Draws online, I learnt that: Clym Evernden is an award winning artist who has a signature inky style of drawing: a fast and spontaneous technique which […]
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