Recent graduate from University College Falmouth, UK, the British artist Anne-Marie Jones paint runways in a very artsy way. I love her style and the fact that the paintings make you think backwards, trying to imagine what the clothes really look like and that process breaks down the designs to bring out the ideas behind them.

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The 33 year-old French illustrator Sophie Griotto has some very unique illustrations in her portfolio. With a style that mixes fashion illustration and trends, Griotto works freelance on advertising campaigns and frequently illustrates the pages of fashion magazine and sites. I enjoy her French touch and great sense of fashion a lot.(...) Read More about Sophie Griotto Fashion Illustrations (24 words)

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Here are a few illustrations our friend Spiros Halaris did for It Fashion, showcasing a few detailed highlights from the Paris S/S 2012 shows. Great selection of highlights from Prada, Givenchy, Gucci, Balenciaga, Jil Sander (shown in this order).(...) Read More about Spiros Fashion Week Detail Illustrations (0 words)

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Chicago based artist/graphic designer Ward Nipper, just sent us a group of his fashion illustrations to review and obviously we love them! In his bio Ward says, “When I grew up I was convinced that drawing was my destiny. I was good at it and was encouraged to draw by my parents and art teachers in school. But the true proof of my connection to drawing was being named Ward. D-r-a-w spelled backwards.” Pretty damn cute, no?

Nowadays graphic design takes up most of his professional life and illustration/drawing has become more of a hobby. His work definitely takes on a lot of similar characteristics to that of Egon Schiele, (...) Read More about Ward Nipper Illustrations (88 words)

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Taiwanese Fashion illustrator Vita Yang holds a MA Footwear Design degree in De Montfort University. Her illustration works can be seen in Vogue Taiwan, The Big Issue Taiwan, Elle Taiwan. She has also collaborated with Nigo’s Human Made, illustrated for the S/S 2011 collection on the(...) Read More about Vita Yang Fashion Illustrations (41 words)

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Antonio Lopez is the Picasso of fashion illustration. Mostly known as just plain ‘Antonio’, he was a giant in the field of fashion illustration. He captured the pulse of style from the 60s to the 80s, and is still revered as the most inspiring illustrator by today’s practitioners. He worked with a variety of materials including pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, watercolor and polaroid film. His work appeared frequently in Vogue, Harper’s bazzar, Elle and Interview.(...) Read More about Antonio Lopez Fashion Illustration (149 words)

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A couple months ago we reviewed the Russian artist/illustrator Artaksiniya, she just came out with some great new artwork. She is also a talented animator, which you can see in her great short animation of Lanvin art director Albert Elbaz below.

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Artaksiniya is Russian artist living and working in China. She has been at her craft since a very young age and you can see that in her very refined style and taste. I have selected a some of my favorite works but you should definitely visit her site as well to see her paintings and other illustrations.

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Illustrator and painter, born in Paris and based in Florence, Noumeda Carbone makes wonderful work with ink, pigment liner, felt-tip pen and mixes hand drawing with digital instruments. (...) Read More about Noumeda Carbone Illustrations (3 words)

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