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German Fashion magazine 'Cover' commission Lucia Emanuela Curzi for several editorial illustrations.

Appearing in the January Issue, Lucia's artworks for their horoscopes delight the pages. She also tackles an article on how to deal with and move on from an ex-boyfriend if you are still connected via social media.  Featured on the contributors page too, Lucia certainly makes her mark on this edition!

Curzi Draws Live for Warehouse

Lucia Emanuela Curzi spent a Saturday in November drawing portraits at a live Christmas painting event for the clothing brand Warehouse. Taking place at a Manchester store, here are a selection of Lucia's pieces, proudly shown by the sitters.

Framed

Lucia Emanuela Curzi gets decorative with these nature inspired frames.
Commissioned for a recent issue of Glow Magazine in Canada, Lucia designed several frames which ran across an eight page feature on this Autumn's runway trends.

Milk X

Lucia Emanuela Curzi appears in Milk X Magazine.
A monthly print magazine, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan and 'dedicated to providing the most up to date news on international Fashion, Lifestyle, Design and Art', Lucia was interviewed about her work and included in the 'Everyone has a Kid Hiding Inside' feature. The issue is out now....

Lucia the Shoe Illustrator

After the success of Jacqueline Bissett at the London Selfridges store, it was time for Lucia Emanuela Curzi  to become 'Shoe Illustrator' at stores in Manchester and Birmingham. Lucia says of her experience "... I was live painting at Selfridges in Manchester and painted about 10 shoes, 7 or 8 boxes (or maybe more, I was so busy that (I) couldn't count them!). From 11am to 4.30pm there were so many enthusiastic people that had been in a queue to have their shoes and boxes painted. A couple also asked to paint the soles of their Kurt Geiger' Wedding Shoes and in the previous week I painted a girl's shoe for the prom night." 

This was certainly a fun experience very well suited to Lucia's spontaneous drawing style.

Reel Fashion Project

Lucia Emanuela Curzi works with Air Paris and Reel Shanghai to produce several exquisite illustrations for the Reel Fashion Show. Completed towards the end of last year, the advertising campaign is now live in the lavish department store in Shanghai. Lucia says "...a lot of high-luxury fashion brands were involved directly in the creative process featuring fashion illustrations from the Spring Summer 2013 collections; Alexander Mcqueen, Alexander Wang, Gucci, Marni, Moncler, Givenchy, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, Lanvin, Emilio Pucci, Sergio Rossi, Bobby Brown, Mac, Lancome, Clinique and Clarins." The work was also included in a fashion illustrated magazine/look book called "The Reel Spring Magazine' which is for clients inside the store and features 35 illustrations. Light boxes inside and outside the mall, life size cut-outs of the models and a maxi poster and invitation card, were also part of this major fashion event.

Selfridges Shoe Carnival

Jacqueline Bissett @ Selfridges London

Shoe lover or not, how can you resist having a new pair illustrated! Whether on the box they came in, the bag they are put in or the soles you will walk on, Jacqueline Bissett and Lucia Emanuela Curzi are guest illustrators at Selfridges over the coming weeks doing just this to your shoes!

Selfridges is 'the world’s most iconic destination for shoe lovers', and is celebrating the Shoe Carnival by filling their 'extraordinary shoe spaces with fun, theatre and dance'. Taking place at the London, Birmingham and Manchester stores, Jacqueline and Lucia will be ready to put their style on your soles on Saturdays this month and next; Jacqueline is at Selfridges London on 16th March and 20th April, Lucia will be at Selfridges Manchester Trafford on April 6th, Selfridges Manchester Exchange Square on April 13th and Selfridges Birmingham on April 20th.

Jacqueline says of her first day at the London store on Saturday "(a) German lady was thrilled to have her heels customised on the 'arches' so the lips that I painted could be seen!"

 

WeightWatchers Magazine

Lucia Emanuela Curzi's fluid lines can be seen in WeightWatchers Magazine this month. She was commissioned to supply two images; a full page spread for the article 'Confidence in a Bottle' and a smaller for the following page. She says "The illustrations of the Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler Angel fragrances are all inspired by the stories of three women and the memories that those fragrances remind them of (wedding, university, love story etc) as described in the article". Beautiful!

RIP Hashtag

Lucia Emanuela Curzi uses her organic lines to make this illustration for Company magazine on the future of the hashtag #.

Little Red Lies

Lucia Emanuela Curzi's latest venture is the launch of Little Red Lies, a personal collection of silk print scarves and illustrated t-shirts under her fashion brand Lu'. The garments are for sale in Not Just A Label, some boutiques in Italy, and now from the exclusive fashion shop Dia-boutique.

"Lucia's collection entitled "Little Red Lies" explores the secret world caught between the innocence of a girl's childhood and the onset of shallow aspects of the contemporary world."

The garments have also been featured in the latest issue of BALLAD OF magazine.
Like the Little Red Lies Facebook page!

Olympia Illustration Competition Winner

Lucia Emanuela Curzi has won second prize in the Olympia Illustration Competition! The brief was to produce a poster design that marked their milestone anniversary while celebrating the venue’s rich culture and heritage, with the poster being featured in their commemorative 125th anniversary campaign. Lucia created her piece in her spare time earlier in the year, and only just missing out on the first prize place, the organisers called her to say they would be making a 'special' second prize place for her! Lucia was able to join the celebration at The Olympia Theatre where she has been photographed with her art. 

And here is a movie of the celebration...

Well done Lucia! More details on the competition here and here.