This summer I had a dream come true – I got to work on a project that brought my paper dolls to life, thanks to a dream client, Bloomingdale’s!
Pippa is a line of chic, career-girl-friendly separates, and the paper doll is a fun way to show how easy it is to mix and match. Visit the site and click on Mix & Match to play.
Thanks so much to the team at Bloomingdale’s, I think the site looks amazing and I am so proud to be a part of it.
My first ever glossy magazine editorial illustration was in the July issue of Threads Magazine, a magazine I used and enjoyed even before I became a fashion student. Threads had also introduced me to some of my favourite 20th century designers, Fortuny and Charles Kleibacker. The brief was to illustrate a delighted seamstress showing off her magically perfect darts, I also included my own favourite vintage domestic machine, the Necchi, as a little tribute to my Nana who gave me the machine.
Thanks so much to the editors and staff at Threads for this opportunity – I consider it a milestone in my brief career.
It is neat to get to show off a recent freelance project – a new business, MAVEN, asked me to come up with an illustration concept for their website. I am pleased with how the illustrations were incorporated into the website design by Parade Creative – click on all the different menu options to see variations on the figures tailored to each category. Thanks so much Erin and Marni for being great clients!
My first ever book publishing project finally came in the mail this week. It is Fashion Illustration School
My contribution is nothing grand or glamourous – I did the examples of technical illustrations and a few examples of step-by-step fabric rendering.
Handbag designer Jessica Jensen commissioned an illustration for her upcoming sample sale poster. Her gorgeous, genuine leather handbags are available at an incredible 75% discount for just two days, July 9 and 10. See the full illustration below, and click for big.
Check out this amazing party for Worn Journal, the Bata Shoe Museum and Fashion Cares. All the info – and a few pictures of terrific shoes customized by amazing artists – is here and you are invited.
They asked me to customize a pair of Keds too. Here they are – top picture courtesy of Worn Journal, the rest are mine and if you click them you can see them even bigger. These Keds will be on the auction block for a great cause at a great party. I hope to reveal how I did them at the party, so if you are curious (or want to make a bid), please come up and say hi on June 6th.
I got the best package from the Dr. today… my very own Dr. Martens boots, the ones I designed, are finally In Real Life. Wearing boots I designed by a company I have been buying boots from for a decade… incredible feeling. I am thrilled.
More good news yet – the Dr. has decided to bring them to Canada – they will be carried at NEON stores in Toronto and Montreal. Of course I will tell you when they get delivered. Do stay tuned…
For today’s edition of The Globe and Mail I was hired to illustrate an article in the special section for Earth Day! The article is about Fashion Takes Action, a membership based social enterprise created to support environmentally conscientious designers. You can read the article online here, though the illustrations are only in the print edition, so I of course I scanned it for internet consumption. I think it looks great. Click the scans for higher resolution.
The illustration is a bit of a riff on the old fash-mag feature “the look for less”. I styled two similar outfits using real items of clothing. I’ll let you guess who the “eco-bad” items are by, but the good items are all available to buy online in Canada. If that’s not enough to get you clicking, almost all of them are on sale.
6. Recycled Material – the Caninja. This is a cozy scarf-hood combination created out of recycled sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled pop bottles.
7. Hemp – this is a shirt by Eco-Couture, available at Rawganique.
8. Bamboo – this is a bamboo/organic cotton blend extra-long tank by Nixxi.
9. Organic Cotton – the classic skinny jean by Good Society available at Not Just Pretty.
10. Vegan or Eco-Shoes – this sexy pump is by vegan designer Stella McCartney, available at Yoox.
It gives me so much joy to participate in the Buy Design for Windfall fundraiser event this year. I get to work with the lovely ladies at Faulhaber, Creative Committee leader Andrew Sardone and so many talented volunteers. Best of all, I got to create the imagery that will be shown on the poster and the website!
Buybarella is the official muse of Buy Design this year. If you follow her on twitter, you could win a free pair of tickets to Toronto’s most stylish outer space party!
Check out the press release below the fold.
Remember how I submitted two pieces to the OCAD Whodunit? fundraiser? Well, now that it is over, I think I can post them, even though anyone who knows my style would find it pretty obvious Whodunit.
I was really pleased to discover that this one was sold. I am pretty sure this is the first piece of original art I’ve ever sold. I would love to know who bought it – if it is you please let me know!
This one was returned to me, but it is still for sale for $75 CDN (same as the other one). It’s a 7.5″ x 5.5″ original watercolour, if you’re interested please drop me a line.
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