Fashion Illustration: 1930′s Ads

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Fashion illustration from the 1930′s enjoyed by many of our readers have an affinity to  for artists like  L. Fellows,  Leslie Saalburg, and J. C. Leyendecker. While we mostly discuss editorial pictures, I want to focus on fashion illustration from magazine ads today. Back in the day, it was normal for a publisher to design an ads together with the advertiser. Though as you can imagine, a magazine publisher could only employ a limited number of fashion illustrators to serve all their clients. In order to demonstrate each brand’s unique image, the fashion illustration were often very different from each other.

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Interestingly, ads from the early 1930′s have a stronger resemblance of the 1920′s illustrations ads, which were more simplistic and relied more heavily on lines than details. Nevertheless, even during that time period, there were huge differences in drawing styles, and soon you would see illustrated ads that were just as nice as the illustration you all enjoy so much. Now, let’s discuss a few ads and styles:

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New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Kate Spade

Designer Deborah Lloyd has really injected new energy and fun into the Kate Spade brand. For fall, she was inspired by French gamines hangin’ in the courtyard at the Palais Royale in Paris. That translated into a bright color story with lots of graphic touches, including the print on a full skirt spelling out “toutes les filles sont folles” (all the girls are mad), designed by blogger, fashion illustrator and photographer Garance Dore. One of the key looks in the collection was a pair of blazing orange pants cropped over polka dot heels, and worn with an aqua-colored cardigan. The colorful cropped pants-over-heels look is one that all the fashion girls are already wearing , and apparently, it’s going to have legs! There were lots of cute extras, too — jeweled Peter Pan collars, a puff of a marabou feather purse and sparkling fishnet tights. And the polka dot manicures were genius.  – - Booth Moore @ LaTimes.com Fashion week blogs offer the fashion blogger,

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It’s ….ALL the Rage

New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Kate Spade

Designer Deborah Lloyd has really injected new energy and fun into the Kate Spade brand. For fall, she was inspired by French gamines hangin’ in the courtyard at the Palais Royale in Paris. That translated into a bright color story with lots of graphic touches, including the print on a full skirt spelling out “toutes les filles sont folles” (all the girls are mad), designed by blogger, fashion illustrator and photographer Garance Dore. One of the key looks in the collection was a pair of blazing orange pants cropped over polka dot heels, and worn with an aqua-colored cardigan. The colorful cropped pants-over-heels look is one that all the fashion girls are already wearing , and apparently, it’s going to have legs! There were lots of cute extras, too — jeweled Peter Pan collars, a puff of a marabou feather purse and sparkling fishnet tights. And the polka dot manicures were genius.  – - Booth Moore @ LaTimes.com Fashion week blogs offer the fashion blogger,

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Fashion Weeks Bloggers Conference

The IFB Blogger Conference February 8th, 2012 at Milk Studios, 450 W 15th Street, NYC. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., first panel at 9 a.m., with a lunch break at 12 p.m.

Come party with us lots of fashion experts of edgy fashion afterwards!There’s a Stylish Soiree at theTribeca Grand. Register for the IFB Conference here $60 for IFB members (if you’re an independent fashion blogger, join us here), $300 for non-members. Also sign-up for Fashion Newsletter as well. Join the fashion blogger contest too. So, Here are This season’s panels and speakers: 9 a.m. – What Are Bloggers Worth? Brought to you by: Bauble Bar A hot topic every year, the relationship between bloggers and brands seems to be constantly changing and re-defining itself. Bloggers have established themselves as sales-drivers and viable marketing channels. Now to fashion coverage the years most awaited, fashion shows. – - MORE - NOTE: Fashion week blogs offer the fashion blogger, schedules, highlights and photos of events. There’s even websites dedicated to all of New York Fashion Week runway fashion shows for free online. You can blog fashion Haute couture runway shows from fashion designers like Elie Saab, Marc Jacobs, Prabal Gurung, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Oscar de La Renta by independent fashion eMagazines such as Elle Magazine Online. Fashion journalism of these fashion events are well documented these days because of Online Live shows, Fashion Magazines, TV coverage and lots and lots of Independent fashion bloggers willing to share their personal experiences. So stay tuned in February 2012 to not only New York Fashion Week but also Paris Fashion Week, London Fashion Week as well as Milan Fashion Week, these are the real Big ones. Blogs, blogs, blogs are coming to the likes of Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld for CHANEL, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford and so many more. Can’t wait. ©Submitted by Macala Wright

'Complex Mag' Announces The 25 Most Stylish Celebs of 2011

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Complex Mag has officially announced their 25 Most Stylish Celebs of the year, surprisingly one of my fave rappers Kid Cudi has made the list. Woot woot! But along with Cudder himself, many other artist and actors have made the list as well, such as Kanye, Ryan Gosling, Childish Gambino, and many others. Check it out! – - Read more

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LACMA to Display Rodarte

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Sketch by Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte, promised gift of Rodarte (Kate and Laura Mulleavy) by Ann Binlot

Rodarte’s Los Angeles County Museum of Art-acquired 10-piece spring/summer 2012 couture collection, which debuted last June at Florence fashion fair Pitti W, is finally scheduled to make its North American debut. LACMA will present the pieces in an exhibition titled, “Rodarte: Fra Angelico Collection,” from December 17 to February 5, 2012.

Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the California born and bred sisters behind Rodarte, found inspiration in Italian Renaissance art for the collection, specifically High Roman Baroque sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini’s “The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa,” as well as early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico’s frescoes in the monks’ cells at the Convent of San Marco. In a seemingly appropriate twist, LACMA will display the gowns against works from the same period that inspired them — including the circa 1491-95 painting by the Master of the Fiesole Epiphany, “Christ on the Cross With Saints Vincent Ferrer, John the Baptist, Mark, and Antoninus” — in the museum’s Italian Renaissance gallery. – – follow more about this

Stellar times ahead with ‘Stella’

Stella McCartney designs from the 2012 spring-summer ready-to-wear collection.

That hourglass dress, red-carpet dominance, a London Fashion Week show, a new flagship store – and the Olympics. Stella McCartney has her name all over 2012, writes Jess Cartner-Morley.

The party Stella McCartney throws every December at her Bruton Street store in central London to celebrate the switching on of her kitsch-chic Christmas windows has become a fashion insider’s highlight of the party season. It is fabulous but fun too – there are pints of Guinness as well as flutes of champagne; chocolate Santas alongside smoked salmon canapes. – – Read more:

Christmas Gift Ideas: Fashion Books

Are you looking for that perfect Christmas gift or stocking filler? Well, how about a book for your fashion-loving friend, colleague or family member? Harper’s Bazaar: Greatest Hits by Glenda Bailey: The British editor-in-chief hand-selects images and excerpts from the industry’s top photographers and writers to take you on a truly inspirational journey through fashion history. Will Work for Shoes: The Business Behind Red Carpet Product Placement: Susan J Ashbrook, founder of Fashion PR agency Film Fashion, shares her Hollywood tales and tips for getting your brand, business or product in the spotlight. The how-to book will help you get your product on the body or in the hands of a celebrity, connect with stylists, publicists and other handlers who have access to the stars, avoid awkward product-celebrity match-ups and find the perfect person for your brand, and execute a celebrity marketing campaign for next to nothing. – - Read more about

 

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Toronto Fashion Week trends: furries

No doubt, fur is one of the markers of class, prestige, sophistication and what some fashion magazines refer to ad nauseam as “luxe living.” We’ve seen Muppet furs on pretty much everyone on the Internet, and now it’s time for Toronto to show just how “CanadaCool” it is by throwing on a utility vest with gorilla chest hair peeking out. If that’s too subdued for all you tastemakers, try a fun belted number made from bleached dreadlocks. Here are but five of the furs we saw last night (we counted up to 12), proving that nothing beats the cold like a soft, lush fur, draped inelegantly, as though the wearer had actually shot a Himalayan snow monster, bought Manic Panic hair dye, and turned it into this winter’s must-have vest.

Gallery: looks from Amanda Lew Kee’s all-grown-up spring/summer 2012

Amanda Lew Kee spring/summer 2012 (Images: Jenna Marie Wakani)

Check out all of the hits and misses from Amanda Lew Kee’s spring/summer 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week, including visors, Toronto and New York–inspired prints and maxi dresses (see what the scene was like in our review). - – Read the rest of this entry »