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Pablo Piatti's Fashion Illustrations: A Chinese vignette

In his series "Animals and Accessories," Argentinian artist Pablo Piatti was inspired by traditional Chinese paintings. From the pairing of the animals with the accessories, including the calligraphy, everything was created with exquisite details. The resulting illustrations are these unique and enchanting visions that will catch the attention of any viewers.

Pablo Piatti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 21 years old when he decided to quit art school and travel to Europe. Growing up among nature and animals, Piatti's world is filled with imagery, music, books, and nature. The series "Animals and Accessories" is currently featured in Metal Fashion Magazine.

Very often in life, we are forced to defined ourselves, or pushed by others to conform to stereotypes and titles. As a creative person working in the fashion industry for many years, I try to do the opposite, letting creativity flow freely.
~~ Pablo Piatti

Pablo Piatti lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Courtesy Pablo Piatti

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Arturo Elena, the master of fashion illustrations

Stunning is the term that could be used to describe the work created by the Spanish artist Arturo Elena. With his technique and outstanding drawing skills, Elena has revolutionized the world of graphic illustration.
Arturo Elena began working in the 80's with the design team in charge of women's collections for a well-known fashion firm in Barcelona. Over the years, he developed his career in other cities such as Seville and Murcia among others, executing designs for both men's and women's collections.

Fascinated by Elena's unique style, Victorio & Lucchino have asked him to produce the press images for their collections and illustrate their campaigns. The self-taught artist has been doing their graphic images throughout his whole career.

Arturo Elena has also collaborated with designers and brands such as Loewe, Chanel Spain, Audemars Piguet, and Citroen to mention a few. His illustrations have also been featured in several publications such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, Telva and other international magazines.

Arturo Elena has received several awards and was recently invited by the Fashion Museum in Madrid, where he launched an exhibition dedicated to his 25 years as an illustrator, called "Arturo Elena: 25 years of illustration."

I had the pleasure of asking Arturo Elena a few questions.
What are your favorite designers?
I admire several, I could mention some names like Tom ford and Nicolas Ghesquiere or designers that have made history like Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga. In regard of firms, I love YSL, Prada and Gucci.

What is your major inspiration?
I have to say that I believe more in the hard work than in the inspiration. I don't have a particular source of inspiration and it also depends on the type of work that I have to deliver. I normally look at fashion photography, but not exclusively. Even daily activities can give me ideas to develop a piece of work, but like I have said before, it depends on the job requirements.

What is your latest project?
For the moment, I am working on a project for Audemars Piguet Watch company in Spain. It's taken a lot of effort and time as they required a high number of illustrations that are quite complex. Hopefully it will be finished in September.

Courtesy Arturo Elena @ Factory311

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" Minimal-Baroque " according to Prada

To promote their new line of sunglasses, Prada turned to three fashion illustrators - Ivo Bisignano, Marcela Gutierrez and Andrea Tarella - to create the campaign. Named " Minimal-Baroque," the capsule collection was recently launched in Beijing, China.

“Curves, friezes and bas-relief effects are the main design features of the Minimal-Baroque. The colour combinations: white/blue, white/black and white/honey with the choice of acetate, seamlessly coordinate the lines of the frame front and arms sculpted into rococo curls, whose decoration is the distinctive feature.”

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Chesley McLaren, " The French Illustrator in New York "

I am not sure if it's due to the fact that Valentine is coming up soon, but lately I have seen several illustrations posted all over the web.... I came across " Fashion Follies " from designer Chesley McLaren. I particular like this series because they are so girlish and have the look of being " un je ne sais quoi parisien et tres chic."
After she graduated from art school, Chesley created her first clothing collection which led her to Seventh Avenue as a designer. Ten years later she debuted her first couture collection "At The Circus" at the Carlyle Hotel, complete with a portfolio of illustrations. Finding the world not clamoring for her flirty French sailors, she was encouraged to show her illustrations.
Her francophile style has been seen everywhere: on scarves for DKNY and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the "Vive La France" campaign for Bloomingdale's, in her redesign of Saks Fifth Avenue children's department and the list goes on....

" Fashion Follies," a pictorial frolic of the masterful, theatrical and P.T. Barnums of our time. Chesley McLaren creates a valentine to the fashion world, the good, the bad and the incroyable!