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Illustration by George Barbier, published in the Gazette du Bon Ton. Born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes, to illustrate books, and to produce haute couture fashion illustrations.
Fashion illustration differs from the fashion plate in that a fashion plate is a reproduction of an image, such as a drawing or photograph, for a magazine or book. Fashion illustrations can be made into fashion plate , but a fashion plate is not itself an original work of illustration.
Gruau then took his mother's last name, which is the name he is known by, opposed to his father's last name and noble connection. At fourteen, Gruau began to support his mother and himself by selling drawings to the Milanese fashion journal Lidel. [5] He was inspired to pursue fashion illustration by his close relationship with his elegant mother.
Kenneth Paul Block (July 26, 1924 – April 23, 2009) was an American fashion illustrator.For nearly forty years, he was an in-house artist for Fairchild Publications, owner of Women's Wear Daily, the garment industry trade paper, and its offshoot, W.
Tony Viramontes (December 8, 1956 – May 23, 1988) was an American artist trained in Los Angeles and New York City, who found success in Europe and Japan as a fashion illustrator and photographer. He was born in Los Angeles from a family of first-generation Mexican Americans . [ 1 ]
Jason Brooks (born February 23, 1969, in London, England [1]) is an artist, illustrator and author.He grew up in Brighton on the south coast of England.Brooks is known for his design of the Hedkandi compilations.
She is particularly renowned for her 1960s illustration work. [4] In 1969, she launched her childrenswear brand, and in 1972, a little girl's dress and pinafore was chosen as the Dress of the Year by Moira Keenan alongside a Biba outfit and a young boy's outfit by Burton. [5] As of 2018, no other children's clothes have been selected as Dress ...
Antonio Lopez (February 11, 1943 – March 17, 1987) was a Puerto Rican fashion illustrator whose work appeared in such publications as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Interview and The New York Times. Several books collecting his illustrations have been published. n his obituary, the New York Times called him a "major fashion illustrator."