BLUE STEEL

THIS IS A HEAD-SHOT I WHIPPED UP INSPIRED BY THOSE VERSACE-MUGLER-CLAUDE MONTANA-BRUCE WEBBER MALE MODEL HUNKS I LOVED SO MUCH IN THE 90's. I'M GONNA WORK ON DRAWING MORE MEN TO EQUAL OUT THE ESTROGEN LEVELS OF MY PORTFOLIO.

HERE KITTY KITTY

I'M ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PICTURES OF CLOTHING MADE BY MY FAVORITE DESIGNER THIERRY MUGLER. IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU'D THINK! I STUMBLED ACROSS A GIF MADE OF THE A/W 1982 MUGLER SHOW FEATURING SOME FABULOUS MODELS IN CAT-SUITS. I GOT TO DRAWING RIGHT AWAY! I USED THE SAME BODY AND CHANGED UP THE ARMS AND FACES. I HAVE A FEELING I'LL BE RE-DRAWING THESE FASHION KITTIES OVER AND OVER.

BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK

FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FILLED WITH SO MANY CHOICES, FASHION CAN BE VERY LIMITING. IF THEY TELL YOU FLORAL PRINTS AND FLOPPY HATS ARE WHAT'S IN THIS SEASON, THEN THAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO BUY, AND WHAT CHOICE DO WE HAVE? 

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT BASIC BLACK IS THE GO-TO TREND FOR FASHIONISTA'S. SO I PRESENT THE BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK FASHION COLORING PAGE! JUST DON'T GET TOO OVERWHELMED TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT COLORS TO USE. BUST OUT YOUR BLACK SHARPIE'S AND GET CREATIVE, KIND'A . . . SORT'A . . . JUST TRY TO THINK TOO FAR OUTTA THE BOX.

IT CAME FROM BEYOUND THE STARS!!!

NO ONE WORKS ROBO-CHIC LIKE Mr. THIERRY MUGLER. GIVE THIS 80's & 90's DESIGN ICON SOME OLD TIN, A YARD OF SILVER LAME' FABRIC AND A COPY OF THE MOVIE 'METROPOLIS' AND YOU HAVE YOURSELF ONE HELL OF A FUTURISTIC FASHION SHOW!

WHEN I SAW THE SILVER LAME' GOWN FROM MUGLER'S SPRING 1987 COLLECTION, I JUST KNEW I HAD TO PAIR THIS LOVELY LADY WITH THE CAMP ROBOT ICON OF THE 1960'S: ROBBY THE ROBOT FROM THE FILM 'FORBIDDEN PLANET'. ROBBY IS A GIANT MENACING ROBOT WHO WAS BUILT TO . . . COOK AND CLEAN FOR A MAD SCIENTIST??? A GROSS MISUSE OF POWER. WHEN HE FINALLY REBELS AGAINST HIS DOMESTIC DICTATOR, I SEE IT AS A LEAP FORWARD FOR REPRESSED DOMESTIC GODDESSES EVERYWHERE. I WONDER IF THE JETSON'S ROBOT MAID WILL BE THE NEXT TO RISE UP?

PARIS JE T'AIME!!!

AND SO WE FINALLY COME TO THE END OF MY FASHION WEEK COVERAGE. DID U EVER THINK I'D FINISH? 'CAUSE I SURE AS HELL DIDN'T! WHO HAS TIME TO LOOK AT ALLLLL THOSE SHOWS??? (besides every fashion editor, blogger, fashionista, teen queen, unemployed people, well, u get the drift)

OVERALL I'D SAY THE PARIS SHOWS WERE PRETTY GOOD THIS YEAR. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DRAW LOOKS FROM EVERY SHOW I LOVED, BUT THOSE WILL PROBABLY TURN UP ON THIS BLOG IN THEIR OWN ART PIECES AT SOME POINT ANYWAY. PERFECT EXAMPLE: I LOVED THE JC de CASTELBAJAC SHOW, WITH THOSE WEIRD/AWESOME FELTED WOOL SKULL SHAPED COWBOY HATS! AVANT-REALNESS!

I WAS ALSO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH THE GUY LAROCHE SHOW. YET ANOTHER BRAND I HAVEN'T TAKEN NOTICE OF IN YEARS, AND THEY TURNED OUT ONE OF MY FAV PARIS SHOWS! RICK OWENS' MOD SHAPES WERE FAB AND THE WESTWOOD GLAM ZOMBIES REALLY WORKED FOR ME. I'M NOT ALWAYS A FAN OF MODERN WESTWOOD COLLECTIONS BUT I APPLAUD THIS YEAR'S SHOW.

IN CLOSING, I'M SO GLAD I TOOK TIME TO LOOK AT, REVIEW AND ILLUSTRATE FASHION WEEK THIS YEAR. IT'S SOMETHING I'LL MOST LIKELY DO AGAIN NEXT FASHION WEEK!!! ALWAYS NICE TO REACH A GOAL YOU SET FOR YOURSELF.

P.S. - THE STELLA McCARTNEY SHOW WAS SOOOOO BLAH! I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE A BAD 80'S JAPANESE FASHION SHOW. GO BACK TO DESIGNING SWIM SUITS W/ PINEAPPLE'S ON THE COOTCH STELLA DARLING! M'KAY!!!

DEVIL'S IN THA' DETAILS

DOESN'T THIS RED-DEVIL VIXEN CLAD IN A RED LEATHER FETISH THIERRY MUGLER SUIT LOOK LIKE SHE'S UP TO NO GOOD? I'M SURE SHE HAD A HAND IN THE RECENT AND VERY SUDDEN CRASH OF MY ALWAYS DEPENDABLE iMAC. THAT FIEND!!! NOT TO WORRY FOLKS, ALL MY WORK WAS BACKED UP AND MAC SUPPLIED ME WITH A BRAND SPANKIN' NEW HARD DRIVE. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE FINE FOLKS AT APPLE PREFORMED AN EXORCISM ON MY COMPUTER! (just go with it, it suits the devil motif, OK!)

SUITS YOU

I WAS SOOOOOO EXCITED TO FIND THE NEW THIERRY MUGLER BOOK 'THIERRY MUGLER: GALAXY GLAMOUR' AT THE STRAND BOOK STORE HERE IN NYC, THAT I SNATCHED IT RIGHT OF THE SHELF AND RAN HOME TO FLIP THROUGH IT. THE BOOK IS CHOCK FULL OF GREAT IMAGES AND DRAWINGS AND QUOTES FROM GOOD OL''MANFRED' MUGLER. SO HERE I PRESENT THE 1st OF, I'M SURE, MANY MUGLER DRAWINGS LIFTED FROM THE BOOK. AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT AMAZON.COM AND ORDER YOUR OWN COPY TODAY ( 'CAUSE YOU BITCHES KNOW I AM NEVER GONNA LEND MINE OUT!!!)

SCARDEY KAT

WHATEVER THESE TWO ARE LOOKING AT I'M SURE IT AIN'T PRETTY. I HOPE YOU CAN GET COFFEE STAINS OUT OF A YELLOW-TRANNY-LIGHTING-BOLT-CUT-OUT-JACKET!!!

QUICK EYES OUT THERE WILL REMEMBER THIS SUIT FROM THE 'SEX AND THE CITY' MOVIE. IT IS THE THIERRY MUGLER YELLOW JACKET THAT SAMANTHA WEARS TO A JEWELERY AUCTION. I FOUND AN OLD MAGAZINE CLIPPING OF IT FROM WHEN IT 1st CAME OUT AND PAIRED IT WITH THE MUGLER RUNWAY STYLING FROM THE '98 COLLECTION. THE HAIR AND MAKE-UP IN THAT'98 SHOW ARE CLEARLY INSPIRED BY -OR- INSPIRED THE LOOK FOR UMA THURMAN AS POISON IVY IN THE CLASSIC CRAP-FEST 'BATMAN AND ROBIN'.

HRM, MAYBE THEIR SCARED BY HOW MANY REFERENCES I'VE PUT INTO THIS PIECE? IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR ONE LIL' CAT TO TAKE!!!

POWER SUIT POWER STRUGGLE

AH, THE DEBUT OF ANOTHER OF MY OH-SO-WITTY COMIX. THIS ONE TELLS THE 100% TOTALLY TRUE NOT EVEN FABRICATED TALE OF HOW POPULAR FASHIONS TURNED FROM CHIC COUTURE TO GRUNGY BORES. SEE, A GIANT CALENDER ATTACKED METROPOLIS AND THEN MAGICALLY EVERYONE'S CLOTHES GOT REALLY BAD. NO, I SWEAR, I SAW IT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL!

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME AND SAY THAT 90'S FASHION ARE REALLY BAD! HOW DARE WE REPLACE GREAT 80'S TACKY COUTURE SHOULDER PAD TRANNY MADNESS WITH, LIKE, TORN JEANS AND A FLANNEL!!! HAVE U SEEN ANY OLD 90210 EPISODES LATELY? I MEAN, DONNA MARTIN'S CLOTHING IS SO BAD IT GOES BEYOND BAD AND BACK TO AMAZING!

ANYWAYS, I WANTED TO MAKE A LIL' FOLLOW UP TO MY PREVIOUS JOAN CRAWFORD vs. UNCLE SCROOGE COMIC, SO I THOUGHT UP THIS PREMISE. I ENJOY QUICK, 1 PAGE READS, NOT MUCH TEXT, VERY GRAPHIC, EASY TO REPRINT IF I WANT TO AND WAAAAAY TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS. AND OF COURSE IT COMBINES MY TWO TRUE LOVES, FASHION AND CARTOONS!

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MEN'S . . . WHERE???

OBVIOUSLY I LIKE DRAWING WOMEN MUCH MORE THEN I LIKE DRAWING MEN. A LOOK BACK AT MY MYRIAD OF POSTS WHERE DRAWINGS OF GIRLS IN CUTE OUTFITS ARE FEATURED MAKES THAT MUCH APPARENT. BUUUUUUT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY I DON'T ENJOY DRAWING MEN TOO! IT'S JUST NOT THE 1st THING I THINK OF TO DRAW. ALSO, MEN'S CLOTHING IS SO MUCH MORE BORING THEN WOMEN'S. YOU CAN JUST BE MORE CREATIVE WITH WOMEN'S CLOTHING, TAKE MORE RISKS. I GUESS I JUST THINK WOMEN ARE MORE COMPLEX THEN MEN, AND THEREFORE MORE FUN TO DRAW.

SO, HERE ARE 2 EXAMPLES OF MY MEN'S WEAR ILLUSTRATION. BOTH OF THESE OUTFITS ARE FROM THE THIERRY MUGLER S/S/ '08 MEN'S WEAR COLLECTION, NATCH. IF I'M GONNA DRAW MEN'S WEAR, IT MAY AS WELL BE MUGLER!

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DOMINO EFFECT

I AM CONSTANTLY SOURCING IMAGES OF THIERRY MUGLER GARMENTS FOR REFERENCE. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW HARD IT IS TO GET GREAT, CLEAR IMAGES OF MUSCLE-MUGLER'S FASHION CREATIONS. THE TWO GARMENTS PICTURED HERE ARE SIMPLE DRAPED WHITE COTTON, PROBABLY OFF-THE-RACK. STILL, NO ONE DOES IT LIKE THIERRY. THESE PIECES ARE SO OLD HOLLYWOOD-GRECIAN GODESS. I USED THE FLIP/ROATE THING TO MAKE THEM INTO A PIECE WHERE YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHICH SIDE IS UP.

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GIMMIE MUGLER!!!

YOU KNOW I CAN'T DO A SERIES OF FASHION DRAWINGS WITHOUT INCLUDING A MUGLER OUTFIT! THE MUGLER ROBOT-LADY IS PRACTICALLY MY FAVORITE FASHION MOMENT EVER. I HAVE SEEN THE OUTFIT ON DISPLAY AT MANY MUSEUM EXHIBITS NOW AND I NEVER GET TIRED OF IT. I ONLY WISH MR. MUGLER WAS STILL WORKING TODAY (AND NOT SO LOONEY!) SO I COULD WORK WITH HIM MAKING ALL HIS INSANE CREATIONS. VIVA-LA-ROBOT -LADY!

"I don't know about you, Miss Kitty, but I feel so much yummier"

I FOUND A PICTURE FROM AN OLD 80'S MUGLER CATWALK SHOW WHERE THE MODELS WERE ALL DRESSED UP IN KITTY THEMED SNOW SUITS. I FLIPPED OUT!!! STUFF LIKE THAT IS WHY MUGLER WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE MY FAVORITE DESIGNER. HE'S JUST SO RANDOM AND KITCH AND RIGHT UP MY ALLY. I ALWAYS FIND THAT ANYTHING WEIRD I THINK TO DESIGN MYSELF, MUGLER HAD PROBABLY ALREADY DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR, IF NOT THE SAME THING.
STOP BEING WEIRD ALREADY THIERRY AND GET BACK TO WORK!!!

I TRIED MANY MANT MANY DIFFERENT POSES FOR THIS CAT-GIRL BEFORE I SETTLED ON THIS ONE. I KEPT TRYING TO DRAW A POSE WHERE SHE'D BE LICKING HER LEG LIKE A CAT DOES, BUT IT KEPT TURNING OUT SO AWKWARD. I'M GLAD I WENT WITH THIS POSE THOUGH AS IT MAKES THE SCENE KIND'A MORE CUTE AND LESS OVERTLY PERVERTED.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP.

LITTLE MAN SYNDROME

love LOVE L-O-V-E- THE OLD DISNEY FILMS! 'CINDERELLA' AND 'PETER PAN' AND 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' AND 'SLEEPING BEAUTY'! ALL GREAT! THE ANIMATION IS SO EFFORTLESS. THE NEWER FILMS CAN BE GOOD TOO, BUT REALLY DON'T HAVE THE SAME FEEL OF WIMSEY AND CHARM AS THE OLDER MOVIES DO. AS I KID A WAS 100% OBSESSED WITH THE DISNEY FILMS. I WOULD DRAW THE PRINCESSES ENDLESSLY AND ESPECIALLY LOVED TINKERBELL AND ALL THE 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' CHARACTERS.

I DREW UP THIS 'SNOW WHITE' THEMED PIECE IN NO TIME FLAT. I HAD THE IDEA FOR IT ON THE SUBWAY AND THEM SKETCHED IT RIGHT ONTO THE BRISTOL BOARD, WHICH I NEVER DO. THE GNOMES SHE IS SURROUNDED WITH ARE BASED ON A REAL SHINY SILVER GNOME PIGGY-BANK I HAVE IN MY BEDROOM. THE SWIMSUIT IS BY MY PERENNIAL FAV DESIGNER, THE (crazy) MY. THIERRY MUGLER!

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

THE STAR OF THE SHOW!!!

MY LOVE FOR MR. MUGLER'S WORK IS WELL DOCUMENTED BY THIS POINT. THE GUY IS A GENIUS! WHO ELSE COULD DESIGN THIS GOLD LAME' COWGIRL MEETS WONDER WOMAN ENSEMBLE AS WELL AS HE? NO ONE NOW-A-DAYS IS FUN/CRAZY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PULL OF WHAT THOSE DESIGNERS BACK THEN DID. IT DOESN'T HELP THAT FASHION HAS NO SENCE OF HUMOR ANYMORE. EVERYTHING IS SO DULL. ALL THE MODELS ARE SO LIFELESS. BLAH! MUGLER'S MODELS WERE ALWAYS HAVING FUN AND DANCING DOWN THE RUNWAY. OR THEY WERE MAD HIGH FASHION CREATURES: CRUELLA DeVIL MEETS MARYLYN MONROE.

THE STARS IN THIS PIECE WERE MEANT TO LOOK A TAD LIKE THE MUGLER 'ANGEL' PERFUME BOTTLE. I CHANGED THE DENIM SKIRT TO BLACK TO CONTRAST ALL THAT SWIRLING BLACK HAIR ON TOP. I PAINTED WATERCOLORS ON A VELUM OVERLAY FOR MOST OF IT AND COLLAGED A SCAN OF A GOLD LAME LaCROIX JACKET FOR THE BRA AND GLOVES.

WILL SOMEONE GIVE ME A JOB JUST DRAWING MUGLER OUTFITS ALL DAY, PLEASE!!!?

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD AND VELUM W/ WATERCOLOR AND COLLAGED ELEMENTS.

THE MUGLER FROM OUTER SPACE!!!

THIERRY MUGLER HAS TO BE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE FASHION DESIGNER. HIS WORK IS SO OVER-THE-TOP AND CRAZY AND OUT-THERE. HIS ROBOT GIRLS COLLECTION IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS IN FASHION HISTORY. SO OF COURSE WHEN I SAW THIS SILVER LAME' SWIMSUIT COME THROUGH MY WORK I WENT WILD FOR IT AND PHOTOGRAPHED IT AND SKETCHED IT LIKE CRAZY. IT REALLY REMINDS ME OF A SPACE-AGE PIN-UP GIRL, SO I DECIDED TO DRAW IT THAT WAY. PLUS I LOVE A GIRL IN A FISH-BOWL-SPACE-HELMET FROM THE GO-GO 60'S!

PEN AND INK WIT PHOTOSHOP COLORS.