Monday, August 24, 2009
SUGAR RUSH
I NEVER HAVE LIKED COTTON CANDY. IT'S WAAAAY TOO SUGARY FOR ME. I LOVE THE IMAGE IT CONJURES UP THOUGH. LIGHT, FUN, BRIGHT COLORED, YOUNG, SWEET, INDULGENT. MOSTLY I LIKE HOW PIIIIINK IT IS! NOTHING THAT NEON PINK CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU. SO OF COURSE I PAIRED IT WITH A TWEE CHANEL SUIT AND THE ULTIMATE FASHION ACCESSORY, A CIGGIE! 'CAUSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING COOL, IT'S ALL ABOUT SMOKING, KIDS!
SUGAR, NICOTINE AND CHANEL, ALL THE MAKING OF SOME SERIOUS FASHION INDULGENCE!
Labels:
CHANEL,
FASHION ILLUSTRATION
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
FASHION AT WAR!!!
LIKE I NEED AN EXCUSE TO DRAW SOME ALAIA!!! I AM A BIG FAN OF THE ALAIA 'MERMAID' DRESSES. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH IN MY TIME TO SEE SO MANY OF THEM THAT I'M ALMOST NOT EVEN EXCITED WHEN I RUN ACROSS ONE ANY MORE. I HAVE TO SAY MY FAVORITE VERSION OF THE 'MERMAID' IS THE SEA-FOAM GREEN SILK MOIRE KNIT MINI, THE ONE I'VE DRAWN HERE.
I FIND IT HARD TO THINK OF ALAIA, AND ESPECIALLY THIS DRESS, WITHOUT THINKING OF GRACE JONES. THE IMAGE OF HER IN THE RED LACE-UP 'MERMAID' GOWN IS SO ICONIC. I WANTED TO MAKE THE WEARER OF THIS DRESS A STRONG AFRICAN WARRIOR. I LOOKED INTO SOME TRIBAL SHIELD DESIGNS TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING OFF.
Labels:
ALAIA,
FASHION ILLUSTRATION
FAST-FOOD-FERRE
WHEN GIANFRANCO FERRE PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR HIS WORK REALLY STARTED TO COME TO MY ATTENTION. NOW I AM ALWAYS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR MORE IMAGES OF HIS GENIUS. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STUMBLE UPON A VOGUE ITALY PRODUCED HARDBACK RETROSPECTIVE OF FERRE (PRONOUNCED FAIR-A) FROM THE EARLY 1990'S THAT HAS MANY OF HIS EARLY COLLECTIONS AND AD IMAGES. ONE OF THE PICTURES I REALLY LIKED WAS OF A 90'S SUPER-MODEL WALKING THROUGH A BAZAAR SOMEWHERE WEARING A FERRE FASHIONABLE BURKA. I HAVE RE-DRAWN HERE, BUT I GAVE HER A BIG GULP AND FRIES TO GIVE HER A MODERN EDGE AND LAUGH AT HOE THE U.S.A. LIKES TO WESTERN-UP EVERYTHING.
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GIANFRANCO FERRE,
ILLUSTRATION
YABBA DABBA DO!!!
I USED TO HAVE A WEIRD, UN-DYING LOVE FOR THE FLINTSTONES, ALL THINGS HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCED ACTUALLY. WHEN I SAW THIS OFF-WHITE VERSACE CLASSIC IT REMINDED ME OF WILMA FLINSTONE RIGHT AWAY. ALL THE JAGGED EDGES AND THAT TINY TAILORED WAISTLINE. SO I DREW IT UP WITH A CAVE-LADY-MEETS-DINO-THEME.
DON'T WE WISH ALL GIRLS WORE A BONE IN THEIR HAIR?
Labels:
CARTOONS,
FASHION ILLUSTRATION,
ILLUSTRATION,
VERSACE
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