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Cédric Rivrain: ‘it’s not about fashion…’

Webmistress — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:49:17 +0000

Multi-talent Cédric Rivrain was recently featured on the Opening Ceremony blog. He is interviewed by Rory Satran.

RS: Do you consider yourself more an artist, an illustrator, a fashion designer, or you don’t distinguish?
CR: I think I feel more like an artist, because…it depends on my mood and all. Sometimes when I am working on my drawings, it can be quite far from fashion. For example, the drawings I did with the mechanical eyes, obviously the plasters…even sometimes when it’s people who are related to fashion that I draw, it’s not about fashion when I do it. It’s more about what’s deep inside myself. I don’t feel they’re really fashion drawings. I just don’t want to put a label on myself. For example, Andy Warhol. He was a fashion illustrator before he was a big artist. Sometimes I wonder if I should stop with fashion and concentrate on my personal drawings, but then I realize I miss fashion. So I just want make everything evolve and keep on doing it all without making any distinctions.

RS: Is there anyone you dream of meeting and drawing? Maybe someone from the past?
CR: Someone like Diana Vreeland. I don’t know why, but I’ve always loved her personality.

RS: Have you read her book, D.V.?
CR: Yes, I have and looked at all her pictures. She was one of those people who made fashion about dreaming. So much of it now is so commercial. That’s why I am careful with everyone I work with and which jobs I take. I went into fashion because it made me dream.

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NYFW Sneak Peek: GOTTEX * Monday 9.14.9

Webmistress — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:09:31 +0000

New York Fashion Week Spring 2010: GOTTEX SS 2010 sneak peek

Molly Grad debuts her vision as the head of design for swimwear brand Gottex September 14th at 7PM in the Tent in Bryant Park during New York Fashion Week.

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Illustrator Spotlight: Kenneth Paul Block (R.I.P.)

high Priestess — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:37:57 +0000

Longtime Women’s Wear Daily and W magazine illustrator Kenneth Paul Block, 84, a champion in the art of fashion illustration, died today at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York…

Block joined Fairchild Publications in the Fifties and worked there until the fashion illustration department was disbanded in 1992. Through it all, he swiftly yet fastidiously captured an array of subjects with a cool and detached manner, jetting to Europe for the couture shows or sauntering just up the street to sketch unsuspecting notables at lunch. All the while, he fulfilled what he once described as a childhood quest “to draw glamorous women in beautiful clothes.”

… or Block, the end result was never just a matter of lines on a page. The way he saw it, “Gesture is everything in fashion,” he said.

Read the full obituary at WWD.com

For more of Block’s work, see “Drawing Fashion: The Art of Kenneth Paul Block”
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Illustrator Spotlight: Sophia Drevenstam

high Priestess — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:16:04 +0000

The Cult has spotted an impressive young fashion illustrator named Sophia Drevenstam. Sophia is a 22-year old Swedish artist currently living in Berlin. I first noticed her depiction of a Zebra print jacket from Balmain’s Fall RTW 2008 collection and immediately fell for her style. I love her use of silouette and the fine detail in her patterns.

Sophia tells the Cult that she’s inspired “at the moment” by Gus Van Sant Movies, the Berlin Music scene, and a new album from John Frusciantes called “The Empyrean.”

See more from Sophia at sdrevenstam.com

Illustrator Spotlight: Muxu

Eighty Jane — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:54:38 +0000

On another of my net trolling jaunts I came across the striking work of artist Clover Chen, also know as Muxu. Clover is a London-based bespoke tailoring student with the likes of Christopher Kane already on her resume. Her work is very inspired and mixes the mundane of fashion with very poetic and lofty themes.

“Almost anything is inspirational, it just depends on how you apply it and dissect it,” Clover told the Cult.

Caymen Islands, with Prada Fall 08 Shoes

Want a piece of literally walking art? Check out these tennis shoes (or plimsolls as they call them across the pond) Muxu creates. These are for sale! Click here for additional photos and to contact the artist. These are so chic, I just had to put in a custom order.

More work from Muxu when you continue.

Rouge

Lauren Kovin

Nylon is CYMK

Click here to see more of her work

Illustrator Spotlight: Tinka Parker

Eighty Jane — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:00:54 +0000

We are admittedly late on this, as these found goodies were posted online nearly two years ago. But, better late than never. Tinka parker’s illustrations are adorable and edgy all at once; I love the prints. A light Web search turned up nothing more from this excellent artist. Tinka, if you’re out there: Show us more!

Continue for more work by Tinka Parker

Click here for more of Tinka Parker’s work

The Inauguration Gowns that Never Were

Eighty Jane — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:41:25 +0000

Though relatively nubile designer Jason Wu won the honor of having First Lady Michelle Obama wear his work on inauguration night, many designers were clamoring for dress the emerging style icon.

Have a look at some of the best (and best known) designers that Mrs. Obama had to choose from.

Diane Von Furstenberg & Elie Tahari

Some designers even sketched for Sasha and Malia

Oscar De La Renta & Isaac Mizrahi

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Monique L’huillier

Peter Som

Tracy Reese

Christian Lacroix

Betsey Johnson

Michael Kors

Nicole Miller

Chanel

Carolina Herrera

Christian Lacroix

Photos: Honeymag.com