new FASHION ILLUSTRATION
It’s such a huge honour to share the pages of this brand new book, in which I'm featured alongside so many of my peers.
'New Fashion Illustration: 50 Essential Contemporary Artists' edited by Ana De Izaguirre, and published by Hoaki Press, showcases the work of Nuno Da Costa, Sandra Sy, Pippa McManus, Bil Donovan, Stina Persson, Cecilia Carlstedt, Anjelica Roslyn, and Lovisa Burfitt to name but a few.
It's such a treat to be in their company and to see my work on the printed page.
I love books – I’m so happy to be in one again!
Thank you, Ana x
See more here.
sea SIDE
Oh I do like to be beside the sea side!
Sometimes when I do these Christmas illustrations part of me gets a little sad that they’ll only be around for about two months and then it’s sayonara, Señorita.
So, I decided to remove some of the festive-specific accessories so that this beach babe could be enjoyed all year ‘round!
This is Sea Side. She’s a fierce ocean Queen, dressed in her best Versace, Chanel, and Moschino. En route to the coast to catch some waves on that gorgeous CC surf board.
Let’s just hope she buries her clothes deep in the sand lest other ocean Queens be beach combing.
She’s available in the store now - with a little surprise* - take note of the pop up x
*Spoiler alert. The surprise is a discount - my annual holiday sale - take 20% off everything in the store with code XMAS20
GUCCI CRUISE '23
My favourite look from Alessandro Michele’s Cruise show for Gucci, shown in Puglia a few weeks back!
Valentino PINK PP COLLECTION
A personal piece I couldn’t resist after the RTW Pink PP collection was unveiled by Valentino during Paris Fashion Week; featuring the stunning Kristen McMenamy and swathes of pink silk tulle…
View the video below for the full collection. Flawless. Stunning. SO PINK.
schiaparelli HAUTE COUTURE
LOOK 7
LOOK 30
LOOK 31
It’s been a minute as far as self-initiated work goes, however as soon as I saw Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli collection for Spring Summer Haute Couture week, I just HAD to draw it.
In fact, I found it so hard to narrow down my favourites I ended up selecting three. I chose what I thought would translate well into my style; a combination of graphic silhouettes with a hint of gold accessories.
I’m still on Maternity leave so I’m stealing moments to draw when I can, however I hope I can squeeze out more of these show-based illustrations in future.
With NYFW just around the corner it’s only a matter of time!
chanel CRUISE 2021/22
A Procreate sketch from earlier in the year of two looks from Virginie Viard’s Chanel Cruise collection.
dior NYMPHS
In light of the current pandemic, most fashion houses have been forced or chosen to forgo physical shows this Couture season, opting to present their designs through editorials, live-streams of audience-less shows, or - in Dior’s case - a film!
Directed by Italian film-maker, Matteo Garrone, ‘Le Mythe Dior’ presents Maria Grazia Chiuri’s A/W 20/21 Haute Couture collection as a Pre-Raphaelite fantasy; a fairytale where mermaids, maidens and nymphs frolic, swim, and kiss within a magical forest as two Dior porters roam the woods, carrying an enormous doll house - miniature versions of Dior creations enclosed inside, enticing each character.
I was completely enchanted and just had to draw my own version.
While the film itself has been called out for its lack of diversity (and rightly so as there was room to include POC within its cast of characters) I thought it was such an incredibly beautiful take on ethereal mythology.
I figured I could expand upon the cast within my illustration!
So here you have it - two nymph-like beauties, draping themselves over the most heavenly gown, entwined in forest vines.
Please be sure to watch the film below and enjoy it for yourselves!
(I am utterly in awe of the miniatures themselves, the craftsmanship is something to be admired.)
Images via Dior
terrific timelines : FASHION
So thrilled to have worked with my friends at Laurence King Publishing for a fourth time on the brand new volume, ‘Terrific Timelines: Fashion.’
Conceived by Richard Ferguson and researched/written by Isabel Thomas, this interactive volume is one of a series of ‘press out & display’ books chronicling significant moments in history ; focussing this time on Fashion!
We’ve worked our way through the entirety of sartorial history and illustrated key looks from Ancient Egypt all the way to the present-day 2000s, including La Belle Epoque, the ‘New Look,’ and the Swinging Sixties!
Each figure can be pressed out and placed into her corresponding stand, creating a 3D timeline that can be displayed on any bookshelf.
I had so much fun working on this (discovering many an interesting fact as I went.)
Initially I assumed I’d immediately love anything post 1920s but some of my favourites to draw were the Elizabethan and Versailles gowns; such beautiful silhouettes and so detailed!
I mean, I got to draw Marie Antoinette in all of her powder-pink glory. I can die happy now.
These pop-up beauties are the best fash-ucation a kid (big or small) could ever need, and available now at your local bookstore or online at laurenceking.com.
I hope you like some of the sneeky peaks below!
LA PETITE FLEUR
Pretty as a *powder-pink Dior* picture...
Just 9 prints left in the edition of my Thumbelina-inspired 'La Petite Fleur' before she's sold out forever!
To make her yours, visit the shop here: www.birdyandme.com.au/shop
Don't forget that Australian orders now ship free + International postage is offered at flat rates.
BVLGARI BEAUTY
Beauty piece for my folio, featuring Bulgari jewels made with stunning rubellites, tanzanites, aquamarines, diamonds and Akoya pearls.