The latest task to keep me a busy little bee is one based upon "Creative Approaches to Fashion." I must admit, I am quite keen to get stuck into this one; with the stress of the terrifyingly painful first project lifted and some constructive criticism for all, I think hope this project is more successful. The main focus right now is fashion illustration and below I have posted just a few beautiful images from fashion illustrators which I absolutely adore and find truly inspirational...
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| Marguerite Sauvage |
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| Marguerite Sauvage |
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| Marguerite Sauvage |
Her delicious use of ice-cream colours and long flowing lines bring out a real sense of femininity which is constant throughout her work. Her illustrations really reminded me of a film I absolutely love, Sofia Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette.' I like it so much solely because it is so gorgeous to watch in terms of aesthetics. These images are so similar to the film when considering the colour palette used.
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| Stina Persson (cut paper) |
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| Stina Persson for Godiva |
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| Stina Persson for Replay |
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| Stina Persson for Midori |
Stina Persson's images are so bright and eye catching. What I find particularly interesting is the use of shape and how the figures in the images are often created from white space. The main colours tend to be in the background rather than actually on the figures and it is the surrounding shapes which create faces and figures. However, the result is actually more striking.
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| Sara Singh for Tiffany & Co. |
I love how in this image the use of drawing and photographed images have been combined and the result is really effective. It's actually quite similar to the ads of De Beers, particularly one that I remember doing an image analysis about at GCSE level. It featured a lady wearing De Beers diamond earrings and the whole ad was green apart from the earrings, which really made them stand out. This is makes a big imapact much like that, because the jewellery is photograph quality it really stands out against the painted figure.
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| Garance Doré |
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| Garance Doré |
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| Garance Doré: Demi Moore for Elle |
The simplicity of Garance Doré's images is just divine, they portray so much with so little, just a flick of a pen and a few brushstrokes later...wow, just beautiful.
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| Laura Laine for Gareth Pugh |
Laura Laine's attention detail and ability to portray textures is phenomenal. Her images have so much movement and you get a real sense of the fabrics. Also, her odd proportions are what make the images quirky and interesting to look at. Unlike the flowy, watercolour styles of some of the images above, Laine portrays definite, block shapes and her images have a very 'clean' finish.
I could go on...I have so many wonderful images I would love to post but there are just too many! Hopefully soon I will be able to put up some of my own little sketches etc. inspired by some of the fashion illustrators I have recently looked at. Till then..
Au Revoir!
