Thursday, December 3, 2009

Laura Laine: Finnish fashion illustrator


Laura Laine is a Finnish fashion illustrator who has done drawings for numerous international magazzines. To see more of her work, go to her website at www.lauralaine.net.














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Justine Limpus-Parish draws beautiful fashion illustrations







Justine Limpus-Parish is a fiber artist and fashion ilustrator from California, where she teaches fashion illustration. She has also written her own textbook called "Drawing the Fashion Body" and is a regular contributor to Belle Armoire magazine. You can find out more about Justine and her work at http://home.earthlink.net/~parishjt.



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Fashematics Comic Book pokes fun at Fashion Biz




















Here's a fun idea. An Australian blogger has published a comic book poking fun at the fashion business. The book is described as "illustrations reinterpreting stars of the catwalk as zombies, robots and other comic book style characters. Although they are in Australia, they ship internationally. The website to order is at http://fashematics.com


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New York Times says fashion illustration making a comeback (sort of)



In an article by Ruth LaFerla called "What s Lens Can't Capture," there is a quote from Robert A. Richards that says "Illustration is suddenly blossoming a little." Richards is the curator of "The Line of Fashion," an exhibition of fashion drawings last spring at the Society of Illustrators in Manhatten.

The main point of the article is that fashion illustrations can project a certain energy and style that may not be captured in a photograph. Laird Borrelli, the author of "Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers" adds that "...an illustrator can capture its poetry, document its mood or energy - those are subtle things that evoke something more than mere attendance."

Several popular fashion illustrators are mentioned in the article. Blue Logan, whose playing card illustrations have been widely coveted is appearing this week at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach. There is also a picture of Danny Roberts' popular drawing of the "Chanel Girls." Also mentioned are Laura Laine, a Finnish illustrator and Richard Haynes, who illustrates for In Style magazine and J. Crew.

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