October 2011
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Decorative details by Antonio Gaudi
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How to create your best fashion illustration...
A portfolio is the visual resume, intended to communicate to a potential client / employer what you are capable of and the caliber of your creative work. A portfolio, should constantly be kept up-to-date with your best pieces.
Here are some tips from our Guest Writer Robert Tirado, which may help you to build your well done portfolio. We simply admired Robert’s portfolio. We find it very...
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Improve Your Fashion Business Skills
Photo Source: artcademy
Many times fashion makes us to think of fashion design and the creative process behind it but, fashion is a business that requires people with skills also in management, marketing, merchandising or buying. Specific business - industry skills are essential for success in the fashion business.
CODECS together with “L’Institut Supérieur Spécialisé de la...
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Where to find the perfect labels for your...
I believe that a good label is one of the most important things for a garment because it represents the first impression of your brand. If the label is well done it shares professionalism and quality for your brand to stands from the rest.
I’ve done the labels for World of Wonderful Bags at Elite Labels manufacturers. They are based in UK and are leading suppliers in the label market....
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A Different Kind of Fashion Trade Show - Project...
Held bi-annually in New York and Las Vegas, PROJECT Wooster is the world’s preeminent contemporary fashion trade event.
Nickelson Wooster, the former men’s fashion director for Neiman Marcus Group Services, created something completely unique for this year’s PROJECT trade show in Las Vegas: PROJECT Wooster, an experiential, tailored installation.
What I find interesting at this trade show is...
Fashion Books for inspiration
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How Does Fashion Illustrator Jennifer Lilya Make...
Most people think that I work with watercolors, but truth be told, I’m personally not a huge fan of them. I find that acrylics offer me more options when I work from my super loose washes, to really deep, thick layered color when I want more coverage. I also don’t have to worry that I’ll disturb what I’ve already painted. I like acrylics also because they are insoluble once they’re dry & that...
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Fashionarium 's Contributors
From Time to time we invite some awesome talented people to write guest posts on Fashionarium. Here is a short description of who they are:
Jennifer Lilya - Fashion Illustrator
Jennifer Lilya has been illustrating fashion since the early ’90s after graduating from FIT. Lilya is a freelance fashion illustrator now and lives in Brooklyn NYC. Her clients include ELLE, WWD, Timex, Katy...
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How to get exposure and market your line as an...
Photo source: Fabricly | Designer: The Thousands
Do you ever wonder if you have all the resources to execute a collection properly from the start to finish?
Are you an independent designer whether you’re already selling online or you’re just getting started and looking to market your clothing | accessories line to gain extra exposure?
Maybe you’re a simply fashion lover...
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Book Recommendation - The Great big Book of...
The second edition of the bestselling visual book for fashion illustrators, The Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration is being released this September in the UK and October in the US.
Artists from around the world offer inspirational examples of every technique, from traditional watercolors, acrylics, and pencil drawings to cutting-edge designs using the latest technology.
Digital...
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Lessons learned from a genius: Steve Jobs
“You’ve got to find what you love! The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
“If today would be the last day of my life, what I am about to do today?”
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is...
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The copying of fashion design originals
The copying of fashion design originals – “knocking off” or “affordable interpretation”, depending on your point of view – is a practice that designers may have grudgingly accepted in the past, when less expensive copies took some time to reach stores and only those consumers who could afford the designer-label originals could be the first to follow a trend.
This practice is now costing...
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How to be a better Fashion Entrepreneur
If you’re an employee, you can’t build a better boss. But when you’re the boss, you can improve your skills and your performance.
I truly believe that it’s not enough to be talented, the management must be improved too in order to be a better fashion entrepreneur. For fashion designers | illustrators the creative process may be very disorganized but when you’re an...
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The role of fashion illustrations in the fashion...
Sarah Hankinson is a talented fashion illustrator who creates elegant, striking and provocative illustrations with a harmonious combination of traditional and mixed media techniques. She defines her works as being a delicate balance of light and dark, thick and thin and play off broken lines and bold splashes of colour.
I have talked with Sarah about her style of drawing, the technique she...