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A lot Tim Burton ‘corpse bride’ , a bit Tony Viramontes ‘stylised ‘- meet fashion illustrator Jamie Lee Reardin

27 Monday Jul 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in art speak, fashion illustration

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couture fashion illustrations, fashion illustration, fashion illustrator, Jamie Lee Reardin, Tim Burton-esque

 

Meet Toronto born

LA based fashion illustrator-

Jamie Lee Reardin.

 

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(image from pink academy):

fashion illustration, Jamie-Lee-Reardin

In studio

fashion illustrator,  Jamie Lee Reardin

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Hers is a distinctive artistic style for body presentation.

As evidenced in her drawings, Ms. Reardin is much influenced by a

Tim Burton-esque imagery à la The Corpse Bride.

 

 

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(image from fact.co.uk):

fashion illustration, jamie lee reardin, corpse-bride

Director Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride

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Ms. Reardin’s drawings accentuate:

exaggeratedly long necks

sharp chinned, heart shaped facial structure

immense, piercing eyes with direct, unblinking stare

single, slendered, outstretched lashes at corners

elongated / thin phsyiques without element of frailty

and body posed in awkward, though elegant stances.

 

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by Jamie Lee Reardin

Illustrations for design houses

(images from jamie lee reardin):

fashion illustration, jaime lee reardin

Oscar de la Renta,  Fall 2014

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fashion illustration, jaimeleereardin

Muhair Murad,  Fall 2014

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fashion illustration, jaimeleereardin

Chanel,  Spring 2014

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fashion illustration, jaimeleereardin

Vivienne Westwood,  Fall 2013

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(images from fashion magazine):

fashion illustration, jaime lee reardin, fashionmagzaine, Carven-Fall-2013-Illustration-Jamie-Lee-Reardin

Carven,  Fall 2013

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fashion illustration, jaime lee reardin

Céline,  Fall 2013

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by Jamie Lee Reardin

Famous fashion faces

(image from htfashion):

fashion illustration, jaime lee reardin

Vogue Japan editor-at-large and fashion street photographer darling

Anna dello Russo

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(image from ebay tumblr):

fashion illustration, jaime lee reardin

Fashion stylist to the stars Johnny Wujek and

pop princess Katy Perry

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Double Takes

(image from fashion magazine):

fashion illustration, Jamie-Lee-Reardin

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(image from a stairway to fashion):

fashion illustration, Jamie-Lee-Reardin

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Clearly a Tim Burton aficionado

Ms. Reardin’s creations also display hints of influence from

Tony Viramontes

famed American fashion illustrator of the late ’70s and ’80s

who collaborated with haute couture houses and

whose works graced the pages of leading fashion publications.

Mr. Viramontes’ work were alluring, captivating, mysterious, stylised

as is those by Ms. Reardin

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(image from vogue uk):

fashion illustration, viramontes,

by Tony Viramontes for Vogue UK

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(image from hprints):

fashion illustration, viramontes,

by Tony Viramontes for Valentino Couture,   1984

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Ms.  Reardin who has worked on projects for

Dior, DKNY and L.A. stylist Rachel Zoe, among others

possesses an aesthetics of the slightly macabre-

beautifully executed with an eerie quality of singular feature.

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In Illustration: the designs of Paul Poiret

09 Sunday Feb 2014

Posted by meappropriatestyle in design work, fashion illustration, look book-back, retro-spection

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Atelier de Martine, couture fashion illustrations, fashion illustrator, George Lepape - illustrator, Parfums de Rosine, Paul Iribe - illustrator, Paul Poiret

Legendary couturier Paul Poiret

(image from perfumeprojects.com):

The designer in his studio 

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revolutionised fashion sensibility of the early 20th century.

His clothing celebrated the female body

in designs of comfort, beauty, colour and elegance.

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He was the first couturier of his time to rid his creations

of the corset, which rigidly shaped the body into a most

unnatural and painful S-shape.

In contrast, his creations were of

movement, glamour, intrigue and sensuality.

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M. Poiret was a modern thinker of design and enterprise.

In addition to his couture line, he diversified into

the decorative arts and perfumery.

He kept his business concerns ‘all in the family’ –

with his daughters at the helm of each:

Martine, the youngest as head of Atelier de Martine

and Rosine, the eldest as head of Parfums de Rosine.

Atelier de Martine designed several of the bottles for Parfums de Rosine.

Today these perfume bottles are prized collector’s items.

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 M. Poiret invited leading fashion illustrators of the time

to sketch his creations.

Many of his designs are today readily identifiable from these drawings,

which are as beautiful as the fashion they represented.

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Lookbook – back:  The Work of Paul Poiret in Illustration

(images from memoryprints.com):

Les Robes de Paul Poiret by Paul Iribe

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At The Theatre, from Les Choses De Paul Poiret

At the Theatre

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A woman posing with a long dress, by Paul Iribe

A Woman Posing by Paul Iribe

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Le Pouf, Robe de Soir, by Paul Poiret

Le Pouf, Robe de Soir by Paul Iribe

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(images from antiquesandfinearts.com):

Paul Poiret: Furnishing the Fashion Industry by Laura Layfer

from Les Choses de Paul Poiret by George Lepape (1911)

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Paul Poiret: Furnishing the Fashion Industry by Laura Layfer

from Les Robes de Paul Poiret by Paul Iribe (1908)

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(images from http://www.histoire-costume.fr):

Les Robes de Paul Poiret, racontées par Paul Iribe, 1908

by Paul Iribe (1908)

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Georges Lepape, Les Choses de Paul Poiret, 1911

by George Lepape, (1911)

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(images from artophile.com):

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by George Lepape

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by George Lepape

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(image from wornthrough.com):

Denise Poiret (wife of Paul Poiret) by George Lepape

at dance in iconic harem trousers designed by Poiret

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(image from ctgpublishing.com):

Paul Poiret Fashion Designs with Illustrations by George Lepape circa 1911

by George Lepape (circa 1911)

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(image from flanelpaulistana.com)

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With bold strokes : fashion illustrator extraordinaire Tony Viramontes

21 Monday Oct 2013

Posted by meappropriatestyle in avant garde, couture design, fashion illustration, fashionspeak..., photography

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artist, Bold Beautiful and Damned by Dean Rhys Morgan, couture fashion illustrations, fashion illustration, fashion illustrator, Tony Viramontes, Violetta Sanchez - model

The Art:

Fashion Illustration …

Intense

Powerful

Daring

Avant Garde

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The Man:

Tony Viramontes …

Gifted

Passionate

Genius

and touched with an impressive dose of

Creative Madness

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(image from tonyviramontes.com):

tony viramontes, fashion illustration, at work

At work – Tony Viramontes

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I spent an evening in the company of

Violetta Sanchez – a favourite muse of the artist and

Dean Rhys Morgan – fashion industry expert who

authored the first comprehensive book on the

oeuvre of Tony Viramontes.

Each spoke of the artist’s frenetic work pace,

uncompromising aesthetics and opinions

and the art which embodied his vision of beauty.

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Ms. Sanchez recalled from personal reminiscences,

that Viramontes worked like

“a man possessed”.

She spent many long hours in the studio

for he preferred to draw from life,

taking few polaroid photo for later reference.

Yet, she was acutely aware that being in his presence,

as muse, as subject

was something incredible, significant

“… however exhausted you were [it] was

obvious that you were living a moment.”

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(image from maisonchaplin.com):

Violetta Sanchez by Tony Viramontes

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Due to his incredible energy, he produced

mountains of beautiful sketches in long, bold, assured strokes –

models were inspired to give maximum effort

They offered “the most of their eccentric selves”,

stated Rhys Morgan.

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Mr. Rhys Morgan catalogued boxes of Viramontes’ work,

which were left untouched for over twenty years –

stored in the garage of his parents’ home, since

the artist’s death in 1988.

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The organising of the massive quantity

of Viramontes’ splendid creations,

interviews with those who knew him –

industry colleagues, family, friends

allowed Mr. Rhys  Morgan to piece meticulously together

an informed account of the man and his art.

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His story

American artist Tony Viramontes had a tragically short but

wonderfully prolific career in fashion illustration.

Born in 1956 in Los Angeles, California

he demonstrated a love of art and drawing from an early age.

He would go on to study fine art and photography at

Parsons School of Design, New York

where he studied drawing

under Steven Meisel, who greatly inspired him.

Meisel is today acknowledged as one of the

fashion industry’s most successful photographers.

It was the result of study with Meisel which

influenced Viramontes’ decision to

channel his art into fashion illustration.

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Relocating to Paris, the 1980s marked the launch of

Viramontes  stellar career.

He began to draw Parisian haute couture

which appeared on the pages of European fashion magazines.

Viramontes’ work arrested the attention of the fashion industry

at a time when photographs dominated

the fashion images presented.

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His striking illustrations, portrayed models

in powerful, confident,  aloof  postures;

an attitude that the eye of the camera

couldn’t quite capture –

but the hand of this gifted artist

did and commandingly so.

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Viramontes experimented with

gender interpretive imagery:

men – softer, androgynous

women – angular, strong

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(image from 1stdibs.com):

Mike Hill

Mike Hill, 1986

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LIsa Rosen

Lisa Rosen, 1985

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His was a new vision of bold beauty,

which countered accepted images of

fragile femininity and hulking masculinity.

With bold strokes he blurred the line.

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He would go on to illustrate for

many leading fashion houses and designers, such as:

Gianni Versace, Issey Miyake, Stephen Sprouse,

Givenchy,  Halston, Emmanuel Ungaro

and Valentino who greatly admired Viramontes.

Valentino archived the many drawings which the artist

completed for his label.

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During the mid 1980s Viramontes would fuse

photography and drawing into single images

which appeared in  British magazines like

The Face and ID.

His work intrigued those in the music industry and

he was commissioned to design album covers for

Janet Jackson, Arcadia and Donna Summers.

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(images from thegorgeousdaily.com):

Janet Jackson – Control (album cover)

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Viramontes’ work was iconic, signature

recognisable as his uniquely his own.

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A life cut short

Tony Viramontes was diagnosed in 1986 with HIV.

He returned to his parents’ home in Los Angeles.

There he was nursed,  surrounded by family.

He died of Aids in 1988.

He was 31.

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Illustrations

Couture Houses

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(image from lonny.com):
Pierre Cardin, 1986
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(images from 1stdibs.com):
Leon Vissot Haute Fur
Leon Vissot Haute Fur, 1984
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Christian Dior Haute Couture
Christian Dior Haute Couture, 1984
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Jean-Louis Scherrer Haute Couture
Jean-Louis Scherrer Haute Couture, 1984
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Chanel Haute Couture
Chanel Haute Couture, 1986
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(image from maisonchaplin.com):
Nina Ricci Haute Couture, 1984
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(image from hprints.com): 

Models

(image from deanrhysmorgan.com):

mainPic
 
Naomi Campbell, 1985
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(images from 1stdibs.com):
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini, 1985
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Rene Russo
Rene Russo, 1979
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Teri Toye
Teri Toye, 1983  – transgender model
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Celebrities and Personalities

Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Adjani, 1985 – actress
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Princess Gloria Von Thurn Un Taxis

Princess Gloria Von Thurn und Taxis, 1985

aka – Princess TNT (and for good reason …)
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Polaroids

Steven Meisel Polaroid Photograph
Steven Meisel, 1983 –  fashion photographer
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Janice Dickinson Polaroid Photograph
Janice Dickinson, 1982 – model
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Iman Polaroid Photograph
Iman, 1983 – model
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(image from vogue.it):
Viramontes and his polaroid wall
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And then some

(images from decoymagazine.com):
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In his book, Dean Rhys Morgan presents a wonderful

re-introduction to the life and work of Tony Viramontes.

Bold, Beautiful and Damned:

The World of Fashion Illustrator

Tony Viramontes

by Dean Rhys Morgan

Laurence King Publishing, 2013

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