My chosen illustration for this image analysis is a fashion illustration from the 20th century called La Cage Improvisée. It was used as the cover for the July 1922 magazine publication of Harper’s Bazar. The cover illustration was accompanied by the title, the year of the publication, and the price of the magazine. “Bazar assembles photographers, designers, artists and writers to deliver perspectives into the world of fashion and popular culture on a monthly basis” (Georgievska 1). At the beginning
When I was young, I thought fashion illustration was drawn by illustrator’s imagination. However, after taking the history of fashion illustration, I realized that my thoughts were completely wrong. The illustrations of various eras reflect the society, the economy, and also technological development. Diverse fashion changes have been detected by fashion illustrators. As long as fashion exist, there exist fashion illustrators. Cultural changes and technological developments have an impact on the
Elsa Schiaparelli remains one of the most enigmatic and boundary-pushing fashion designers of the early 20th century. Her designs made fashion into a form of art, and even her cosmetic and perfume bottles were inspired by avant-garde artists at the time. While she collaborated with many artists, her work with Marcel Vertes transcended both design and art, and the vintage ads the two worked on continue to be highly sought after objects. Vertes was born in Hungary in 1895, and studied engineering
DESIGN SKILLS Developed design skills by creating my own designs on my own time and creating/demonstrating knowledge in school projects. Personally created my own fashion Croquis library, and create my own unique designs. Successfully use color theory and current trends to create new clothing lines for the current/next upcoming year. Successfully created garment samples, tech packs, illustrations, presentation boards, and computer related illustrations and technicals for various designs/lines
for shopping was just the beginning, and though most girls all have this love for clothes I saw it differently, and began to explore the fashion industry by researching and reading up on the latest news. The electives I took in 9th grade, which were studio and art and fashion
The career of illustration is a unique and fascinating career. where you take ideas and transfer them onto paper. With illustration, everyone can see someone’s world of imagination on display in an image. Chris Van Allsburg had this to say about his creative process “At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration.” (Chris Van Allsburg). Many people
professions graphic design was once a male dominated field. A young artist took the world by storm while breaking many gender barriers. Cipe pineles was the first independent women designer, graphic designer and illustrator. Employers were interested in her portfolio, until learning it belonged to a woman. In 1932 Cipe assisted Condé Nast’s art director Mehemed Fehmy Agha.While working on magazines like Vanity Fair and Vogue ,Pineles learned about European modernism editorial design and art direction. She
There are several areas we can explore in regards to specialization in illustration. These areas include fashion, advertising, technical, editorial, and medical forms. Although each of these forms has their own unique characteristics and attributes, the two forms that I am most interested in are advertising and editorial. For some time in my life I used to believe that these two forms of illustration generally meant the same thing. I was wrong because there are many dissimilar characteristics between
Introduction 2 History of avant-garde 2-3 Avant-garde in fashion history 3 Contemporary fashion and avant-garde 3 Discussion of Suzaan Heyns’ autumn/ winter collection 4 Discussion of Stiaan Louws’s 2011 autumn/winter collection 4-5 Discussion of Black Coffee’s 2013 winter collection 5-6 Discussion of Laduma Ngxokolo’s 2012 autumn/winter collection 6-7 Discussion of Thabo Makhetha’s 2012 collection 7 Conclusion 7-8 List of Illustrations 9-13 List of References 14-15 What is avant-garde
‘enlightened’ illustrator. Manvendra says, “Odd Monk is a group of designers like me who believe in following their heart and are not bound by any rules or regulations.” Talking about his designs he adds, “I have a great interest primarily in mythology (currently I am studying the nuances of the Indian ones) and my designs are mainly inspired by the