Fashion illustration
As fashion illustration (v. Latin mode , type 'and illustrare , enlighten, explain praise'), both the technical and the artistic representation of contemporary and historical dress called.
definition
Fashion illustration differs from fashion photography in that artistic design techniques such as drawing , painting , collage , etc. are used. Since the turn of the millennium, illustrators have been using the computer more and more, and today it is on an equal footing with classic illustration techniques.
Fashion designers and tailors often use an illustration to sketch their designs , because it enables a time-saving and at the same time expressive visualization of an idea.
Artists and illustrators also produce fashion illustrations from elaborated drafts, based on the model. This artistic form of fashion illustration has developed into an alternative to photography since the beginning of the 20th century .
Well-known fashion illustrators
JC Leyendecker (1874–1951), André Édouard Marty (1882–1974), Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), Mela Köhler (1885–1960), Valentine Gross (1887–1986), Georges Lepape (1887–1971), Erté (1892–1990), Pierre Mourgue , Paul Iribe (1883–1935), Lieselotte Friedlaender (1898–1973), Christian Bérard (1902–1949), Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), Ruth Grafstrom (1905–1986), René Gruau (1909-2004), Irwin Crosthwait (1914-1981), Lila De Nobili (1916-2002).
literature
- Alice Mackrell: An Illustrated History of Fashion: 500 Years of Fashion Illustration. Costume & Fashion Press, 2001.
- Laird Borrelli: By a master hand: When fashion designers draw. Collection Rolf Heyne, 2008.
- Cally Blackman: Fashion Drawings. Collection Rolf Heyne, 2009.
- Rosemary Torre: 20th-Century Fashion Illustration: The Feminine Ideal.
- Martin Dawber: Big Book of Fashion Illustration. Batsford Books, 2011
Web links
- Nadine Barth: fashion illustration point, point, comma, dress. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. March 9, 2008