Monday, March 31, 2008

I HEART HERVE LEGER



I LOVE LOVE LOVE 80's/90's HERVE LEGER DRESSES! THE WHOLE IMAGE AND IDEA OF IT IS SO KITSH AND VAMPY. BUT WHAT REAL WOMAN COULD ACTUALLY WEAR THEM? I HAVE SEEN MANY A LADY TRY ONE ON ONLY TO COME OUT LOOKING LIKE A STUFFED SAUSAGE. THE HORROR!!! GIRLS, ONLY CINDY CRAWFORD AND KELLY BUNDY CAN REALLY PULL OFF LEGER ( AND MAYBE VICTORIA BECKHAM TOO!).

SO I DREW THIS LEGER CREATION AS AN ODE TO VALENTINES AND VERONICA LAKE AND PINK-GIRLY-DIVA-NESS. I FEEL THAT IF VERONICA LAKE WERE ALIVE IN THE 80'S SHE WOULD HAVE WORN LEGER. I GUESS KIM BASINGER WAS THE VERONICA LAKE OF THE 80's AND SHE WORE IT, SO IT ALL MAKES SENCE.

(P.S. - IT'S PRONOUNCED 'LAY-SHAY' PEOPLE! I DON'T WANNA HEAR 'LEDGER" ANY MORE! GRRRRRRR . . . )

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

Saturday, March 22, 2008

DIOR, SHOES, BLAH BLAH BLAH . . .



I DID A QUICK DOODLE OF THESE DIOR SHOES THE OTHER DAY WHILE WATCHING 'LOST'. I USUALLY NEVER DRAW WITH A PEN RIGHT ONTO THE PAPER. I DRAW WITH PENCIL FIRST, THEN INK IT TO BE SURE IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE. SOOOOO, HERE'S A LIL' EXAMPLE OF PURE PEN TO PAPER.
I JUST THINK IT'S A SIMPLE, CUTE DRAWING.

MARKER ON BRISTOL BOARD

Sunday, March 9, 2008

SINGLE WHITE FEMALE




THIS PIECE WAS DONE TO ILLUSTRATE THE MOOD I WAS GOING FOR WHEN I DID MY GRADUATE FASHION COLLECTION AT SAINT MARTIN'S. MY COLLECTION WAS CALLED 'SINGLE WHITE FEMALES' AND WAS BASED ON A MIX OF THE GIRLS FROM 'SIN CITY', OLD HANNA BARBERA CARTOONS AND THE FILM 'SINGLE WHITE FEMALE'. THAT MOVIE IS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT YOU REMEMBER AS BEING AMAZING AND SCARY AND SUSPENSEFUL AND THEN YOU WATCH IT AGAIN AND SEE THAT IT'S KIND'A DATED AND LAME, BUT IN A GOOD WAY. I LOVE BRIDGET FONDA'S 90'S BOB HAIR-DO IN THE FILM. AND HER ULTRA RED LIPSTICK!!

I DID A SERIES OF ABOUT 9 OR 10 OTHER DRAWINGS THAT GO WITH THIS ONE. THEY ARE OF THE ACTUAL CLOTHING I MADE FOR THE COLLECTION. I WON AN AWARD FOR THEM!!! (more on that later).

PEN AND INK ON TYPING PAPER WITH PHOTOSHOP.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

FRIENDS FOR-NEVER



WHO HASN'T HAD A FRENEMY? I KNOW I HAVE HAD SOME AND BEEN ONE. IF YOU WORK IN FASHION, IT'S LIKE A STANDARD PART OF THE JOB. I OFTEN DOODLE MY FASHION GIRLS IN SOME SORT OF BACK-STABBING FRENEMY SITUATION. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO SUIT THE SITUATION REALLY WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE WEARING THIS KIND OF KELLY BUNDY-ISH HERVE LEGER' DRESS. I IMAGINE THE KIND OF FASHION HOOTCHIE THAT WEARS A DRESS LIKE THAT WOULD BACK-STAB A FRIEND FOR ANYTHING FROM HER BOYFRIEND TO A CUP OF COFFEE.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF DOODLE PAGES OF LEGER' DRESS DESIGNS I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER DAY AND I JUST QUICKLY DREW UP THIS PIC OF THE TWO FRENEMIES READY TO CLUB EACH OTHER. I WANTED TO KEEP THE COLOR SCHEME REALLY SIMPLE, AS I THOUGHT THE IMAGE ITSELF WAS QUITE STRONG AT THE END. I ADDED THE WEIRD WORD BUBBLE MOSTLY AS JUST ANOTHER ODD VISUAL THING BUT ALSO TO, I GUESS, REPRESENT THE BULL SHIT THAT FRENEMIES SAY (HOW DEEP OF ME, HUH? hehe).

YOU KNOW I COULDN'T RESIST THROWING SOME LETRATONE IN THERE TOO! YAY!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD, LETRATONE AND PHOTOSHOP

Sunday, March 2, 2008

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!!!




WE'VE ALL HAD A MOMENT LIKE THIS. I KNOW MY CLUMSY ASS HAS. I'M ALL DRESSED UP TO THE 9's FOR A NITE ON THE TOWN OR SHOPPING OR WHATEV'S AND THEN YOU GO AND SPILL A LARGE DRINK ON YOURSELF OR STEP INTO A GIANT NYC MUDD PUDDLE AND HAVE A WET FOOT ALL NITE. OR MAYBE A WAYWARD PARTY-GOER THROWS UP ON YOU (ALL OF THESE HAVE HAPPENED TO ME B.T.W.) IT'S WHAT I CALL MY 'I LOVE LUCY MOMENTS'. LIKE, THAT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN TO LUCY OR ME. I'M SURE THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS WANT TO DRAW THESE UPSCALE FASHIONABLE WOMEN GETTING BEAT UP AND FALLING OVER AND GETTING STUCK IN ODD SITUATIONS. THEY ARE SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL.

THE LADY PICTURED HERE IS WEARING A GREAT VINTAGE YSL DRESS I FOUND AND SOME VINTAGE WESTWOOD SHOES. THE ICE-CREAM, HOWEVER, IS NOT VINTAGE. I THINK SHE LOOKS A BIT LIKE AGYNESS DEYN, NO? I DIDN'T PLAN IT THAT WAY.

PEN AND INK WITH WATERCOLOR ON BRISTOL BOARD WITH PHOTOSHOP.