This lavishly illustrated and beautifully designed book celebrates the colourful lives and dazzling work of the great twentieth-century fashion illustrators, as chosen by one of todays leading fashion artists, David Downton. With a foreword by the legendary model Carmen DellOrefice, the book follows the careers of Downtons favourite artists, from the great social portraitist of the belle époque, Giovanni Boldini, to the architect of 1980s New Wave glamour, Tony Viramontes (including along the way such celebrated names as Erté, Carl Erickson, René Bouché, Andy Warhol and Antonio Lopez). The book concludes with a portfolio of David Downtons own work, featuring drawings of the Paris haute couture shows and portraits of contemporary icons such as Dita Von Teese and Erin OConnor. Many of the stunning images in Masters of Fashion Illustration have not been seen since they were first published.
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Over the last decade, David Downton has gained a reputation as one of the world's leading fashion artists. His classically elegant yet highly contemporary images have led to a hugely successful career working with, among others, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, V magazine, Chanel, Tiffany's New York, Van Cleef & Arpels, Harrods, TopShop, Lancome and the V&A Museum.
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By jomo
Format:Hardcover
From the dazzling red cover with Downton's Valentino illustration this book offers much and delivers more! A fabulous overview of a rich century of fashion illustration with many familiar names and a few less obvious choices. Including wonderful Drain, Blossac and Peak (but alas, no Rene Gruau). Beautifully illustrated and designed throughout, each era is vividly brought to life by Downton's conversational, yet informative writing style which offers true insights into each artist's work. It's refreshing to have the view of an actual practitioner on a subject he clearly feels passionate about. For fans of Downton there is a gallery of his own work at the end of the book with an interview. A great book for lovers of fashion illustration everywhere!
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By Borka
Format:Hardcover
I love Downton's work - Pourquoi Pas was tremendous, but this latest wonderfully designed book, Masters of Fashion really puts fashion illustration into perspective. It's a great informative read, filled with Downton's influences and contemporaries. This book is beautifully illustrated and printed with images which are not only by Downton, but equally brilliant, unfamiliar names such as Bob Peake, Tom Keogh and Tony Viramontes. Having said that, there were also some fantastic Andy Warhol images that I had never seen before!
I fully recommend it to all designers, fashion students and anyone else interested in fashion, illustration or both!
I fully recommend it to all designers, fashion students and anyone else interested in fashion, illustration or both!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By lcw
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book with a little knowledge of the subject and found it a joy. The Artist/ Illustrators David Downton has chosen are a revelation, true masters of their Art. Downtons information on each Artist is revealing and insightful, his knowledge is obviously well researched, and written with passion. Beautifully illustrated, complete with the authors own fashion project at the back of the book, makes this a must for those interested in Fashion, Illustration and Art.
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Fine Designes
beautiful illustrations and informative descriptons of careers of fashion design icons
.useful for anyone interested in recent history of fashion couture
.useful for anyone interested in recent history of fashion couture
Published 3 months ago by whitewriting
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I absolutely...
...live this book. If you're a fan of watercolour/ink illustration then you will be a fan of this book. It does include other forms of illustration but the focus is on that media. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andrew
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beautiful
a lovely coffee table book i bought as a gift and have had nothing but praise for it being a fab pressie.
Published 5 months ago by C.A.
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A beautiful showcase of graphic illustration in 20th C
The hardback book feels lovely in the hand, a great match for the sketches and paintings. These illustrators had interesting lives, great to dip into.
Published 12 months ago by P. Prendergast
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product arrived in good time as expected, product as stated in advertisement, excellent product and service, i would recommend to others
Published 17 months ago by suecoupe2005
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Great book.
This is a great book for anyone interested in fashion or any students embarking on a fashion course. David Downton's illustrations make this a very interesting book.
Published on 6 Jan 2011 by Mrs Lynda Liddell
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Maricou
What a beautiful book. So glad I bought a copy, could not wait until Christmas to get it as a present.
Published on 28 Nov 2010 by Maricou
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Fashion doesn't get any better!
A quite superb book - well book really doesn't do this collection justice. No question this is something that will appeal to everyone and so classy. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2010 by Rockstreet 2
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Masters of Fashion Illustration
Masters of Fashion Illustration by David Downton - A superb book presenting over 200 colour illustrations of some of the most exciting fashion illustrators of the twentieth... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2010 by amarylis
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A must for all fans of fashion.
A beautiful book that gives an insight into the world of some of the great fashion illustrators. I love the variety of styles, and Downton's gossipy copy.
Published on 1 Oct 2010 by Wilkins
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