New Talent Alert: Natalia Sanabria

Check out the stunning, on trend portfolio of fashion and beauty illustrator Natalia Sanabria. Based in Costa Rica, Natalia has worked for Nylon Mexico and Capricho Magazine.

My Favourite Bird

Hannah Davies collaborates with NV London Calcutta to produce this beautiful silk scarf design.
'My Favourite Bird' comes in black and gold as well as some other punchy colours and is perfect for this time of year. Made by NV; a 'future friendly, award-winning, ethical accessories company', the scarves are screen printed by hand, using traditional methods.

Zoot Style

illustration profiling a Zoot style suit

Elena Viltovskaia illustrates for Toronto based publication Worn.

The biannual magazine discusses the cultures, subcultures, histories, and personal stories of fashion,  Elena's commission was to provide art to go with a story 'focusing on the history of Zoot suits, Zoot movement and the cultural and socio-economic circumstances'. Her creations have been used on the inside pages and look pretty cool!

Bissett Goes Live!

portraits at the Space NK event

Space NK event portraits

a drawing from the Warehouse event

friends hold their drawings at Warehouse

Live drawing expert Jacqueline Bissett draws at two fashion store events.
Taking place in October, the first was for Space NK at their Broadwick Street W1 branch. The event was for the launch of an amazing range of make up called "By Terry" (the make up artist who invented YSL's touche eclat).  Beauty editors from Elle, The Guardian, Top Sante, Psychologies magazines & known beauty bloggers were treated to a makeover then passed over to Jacqueline to illustrate. She says "I met some fantastic people and really talented make up artists and had a fabulous day drawing fabulous people!"
And last month, Jacqueline was invited to a Warehouse event at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol. After having a make-over, lucky customers were then given the Bissett treatment by having their 'new look' beautifully drawn on paper. Jacqueline says "I drew the public for a pre-xmas event and Warehouse staff of course! Had a great day and did about 15 illustrations over 8 hours!"

Autumn and Winter Trends

Miminne is commissioned to illustrate the opening page of 'Fashion Edit Awards Autumn Winter 2013'.
Working closely with the fashion editor of Woman and Home, Miminne drew models wearing this season's trends from recent catwalk shows. Reds, tartan, faux fur, leather and knits being the main theme.

Illustration Now! Fashion

We're very excited to see Sarah Beetson's spreads in the latest from Taschen's Illustration Now! series.
This book, celebrating the fashion genre, features her works such as Green Heart Heels, Flamingo Socks and Escher Striped Shirt and Corset. Illustration Now! Fashion is out now.

Dress Up with Larkum

Adam Larkum's bicycle illustration has won the contest to 'have your design on a T-Shirt' with Mister Dress Up. For one week only, Adam has licensed his art for use on the garments, and for a price of $20 you can have your own! Have a look here.

Judith Van Den Hoek's Scrapbook

An insight into illustrator & Dutch Vogue blogger Judith Van Den Hoek's creative life in Gouda, The Netherlands. See Judith's Scrapbook.

The Best Fashion Illustrators

Last weekend's edition of Smoda featured an interview with top fashion illustrator Montana Forbes.
She was asked to contribute to an article on 'The Best Fashion Illustrators' by Leticia García; a journalist for Smoda (a popular fashion magazine from the Spanish newspaper El País).
Talking of a subject she knows much about, Montana's interview was illustrated with three artworks, including this one - originally done for an upcoming accessories brand called SANTAL36.

Shopping in Paris

Katharine Asher uses her loose fashion style to create these spreads for ADP Magazine (Paris Airport Magazine). Commissioned by Jean Marc Dupuis, the art appears in the shopping section.

San Francisco Scarf

thebolditalic.com

Jennifer Maravillas's collaboration with The Bold Italic has resulted in this beautiful silk scarf based on her vibrant map of San Francisco. "Jennifer was inspired by "the many colors to be seen around the city: the cold hues of the Pacific, the shades of succulents, wild and overgrown hidden trails, the elusive sunlight, newly painted boats, rainbow salt ponds, bridges, painted Victorians, patterned tiles of taquerias, produce stacked and waiting, the hippies and the hipsters, people watching people watching people, silver rooftops, the blur of bicycles passing, and of course, the gray fog." (The Bold Italic Shop).  You can buy the scarf here.

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.