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March 18, 2013

Tony Glenville Resurrects the Art of Fashion Illustration

By Julie Ma

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Photo: Cedric Rivrain

Though we currently inhabit an instantaneous world where fashion and street-style photography are online within mere minutes (and in many cases even live-streamed), there was once a time when hand-drawn sketches of items sauntering down a catwalk were the only tokens of memorabilia that attendees could take home with them postshow. Eventually, those same illustrations would appear in the pages of glossies and advertisements, very much in the same way high-resolution fashion photographs do today.

But in Tony Glenville’s latest book, New Icons of Fashion Illustration, the creative director of the School of Media & Communication at the London College of Fashion asserts that fashion illustration is not a relic. Over 224 pages, Glenville successfully stuffs hundreds of recent fashion illustrations and identifies 28 of today’s “new icons,” including internationally renowned artists David Downton, Cecilia Carlstedt, Jason Brooks, and Jordi Labanada. “The art of the contemporary fashion illustrator can be seen as defying the times — an anachronism in this age of the digital photograph, instant internet communication, and technology-driven creative processes,” he writes in the introduction. “We are currently rediscovering craft and technique and seeking to preserve skills — such as drawing from life at speed — that were in danger of disappearing. Fashion illustration is an art based simply on the skill of the hand and the eye.” The book, published by Laurence King and set to be released in April, is divided into chapters based on each artist, including a brief profile on their individual style as well a Q&A. Click through the slides to catch a glimpse of the artwork, from Carlos Aponte’s unique tape line drawings and Tina Berning’s usage of monochromatic wash to Gary Fernandez’s otherworldly, graphic-infused illustrations.

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Christian Lacroix, Madame Figaro, 2003 by Jean-Philippe Delhomme Photo: Jean-Philippe Delhomme
Untitled, Christian Dior, 2003 by Carlos Aponte Photo: Carlos Aponte
One Through Eight VII, 2008 by Tobie Giddio Photo: Tobie Giddio
Kate, 2010 by Zoe More O'Ferrall Photo: Zoe More O’Ferrall
Bride for the "Fashion DNA" exhibition at Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2006  by Piet Paris Photo: Piet Paris
Anabela in Maison Martin Margiela, 2007 by Cedric Rivrain Photo: Cedric Rivrain
Nina Ricci A/W 12, 2012 by Tanya Ling Photo: Tanya Ling
Vanessa & Jonny, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2011 by Tina Berning Photo: Tina Berning
Miguel Adrover, 2000 by Richard Gray Photo: Richard Gray
Model Walking, Pink, 2008 by Jason Brooks Photo: Jason Brooks
Untitled, 2009 by Kareem Iliya Photo: Kareem Iliya
Overdye Stretch Denim Jacket, DKNY 2008 by Richard Peter Winnett Photo: Richard Peter Winnett
Sliippery Moves, Escala, 2010 by Gary Fernández Photo: Gary Fernandez
Catwalk, for the Fashion Business Angola campaign, 2010 by Stina Persson Photo: Stina Persson
Vogue Nippon, 2011 by Jordi Labanda Photo: Jordi Labanda
Junya Watanabe A/W 00, NOVA, 2000 by Hiroshi Tanabe Photo: Hiroshi Tanabe
Doppelganger, 2011 by Bil Donovan Photo: Bil Donovan
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