Cooperative Designs Fashion Illustrations for Amelia’s Magazine
I don’t often illustrate for Amelia’s these days as I have so much other stuff going on, but I can’t miss out on the customary London Fashion Week craziness every season! I love doing fashion illustrations, and being able to contribute to Amelia’s Mag every so often always rounds off the excitement of the new...
(anti) Valentine’s Fashion: Laugh Cry Repeat
So… we all know it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow. I usually hide away every year, avoiding all and everything to do with the dreaded day. Even when I was in a relationship, it’s still a pretty rubbish day. Oh, the pressure, and oh, the terrible tacky presents. So imagine my glee when I’m introduced to Laugh...
Debenhams Edition Range & Pop Up Shop
On wednesday 9th I was lucky enough to be invited to the private launch of Debenhams new Edition range, and subsequent Pop Up Shop just off Carnaby Street. I’m a big fan of Debenhams current strategy; bringing high end fashion designers to the High Street in affordable capsule collections, and then connecting with bloggers and...
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Review: Dior Illustrated – René Gruau and the Line of Beauty
On the 18th November, I went to the ‘Dior Illustrated – René Gruau and the Line of Beauty’ exhibition at Somerset House, and attended the ‘From Gruau to Now’ talk with Cally Blackman, Jaspar Goodall and Sonnet Stanfill. It was a really lovely evening and the gallery was open late so I could see the...
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Trends: Stationery gets fashionable!
This is a trend that I hope doesn’t go away too soon; Fashion design collaborations with stationery manufacturers. Some of you may know I have a bit of a stationery fetish; nothing like a crisp new sketchbook or a virgin rollerball pen. Mmmm. Marc Jacobs for Moleskine: Everyone loves a moleskin – I certainly do....
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Coveting: Everything by Lanvin for H&M
Designer/High Street collaborations are quite rife these days, so much so that it’s not as big a deal as it used to be. H&M often lead the way (Sonia Rykiel for H&M was my most recent favourite) but of course you’ve got Debenhams with their Henry Holland and Julien McDonald collabs, among others. So when...
Illustration’s in Fashion: Upcoming Exhibitions and David Downton’s new book
There’s a plethora of fashion illustration related goodness coming your way in the next few months. Fashion illustration is truly enjoying a bit of a resurgence at the moment; a few factors are probably at play but I think it’s stemming from the whole DIY/amateur journalism/blogging that of course is now at the forefront of...
Coveting: ‘Pattern’ by Orla Kiely
This one’s a good ‘un. Orla Kiely is a brilliant textile and pattern designer, and when I discovered this via DisneyRollrGirl I had to post about it. I’m quite surprised she hasn’t done a book before this. Pattern by Orla Kiely on Amazon. Her style is immediately recognisable - “her unique design language and sure...
Inspiration: Lara Bohinc as Turning Leaf’s new Designer in Residence
You may remember a while back I went crazy over Basso & Brooke’s collaboration with Turning Leaf, and their homeware and limited edition wine bottles they created and launched at the Shop at Bluebird. Well Turning Leaf’s new Designer in Residence for AW10 is Lara Bohinc – a really exciting contemporary jewellery designer, and with...
Coveting: Kurt Geiger Fashionistas Corso Como Shoe
When I went to Fashion’s Night Out a few weeks (months? who knows) ago, aside from frolicking around with free booze and gaping at things I couldn’t afford, I was intrigued and pleasantly surprised at the effort the high street was going to to put on this experiential shopping night. I still haven’t done a...
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New Work! Bernard Chandran Fashion Illustrations for Amelia’s Magazine
Amelia’s Magazine were hard at work with their coverage of LFW and I was asked to illustrate some of Bernard Chandran’s pieces. I wanted to accentuate the structure of these dresses; the strong lines, yet the loose, slouchy feel. Chandran has a big urban, city feel to me so I thought a backdrop of the...
Biba’s Back! And I want it all…
Biba, the iconic but short-lived brand of the 60s, has had a few re-incarnations since then, but it’s taken House of Fraser to fully revive it, gold and black branding and all. “From a mail order company in the early sixties, to a global fashion phenomenon of the early seventies, Barbara Hulanicki’s Biba was a...
