The Illustrious world of Fashion

Fashion has always been a source of inspiration for every human being, to induce a sense of dressing, and a way to present oneself in front of others. It helps you to look different from the crowd following the latest trend. The illustrious world of styling has, therefore, always been sought after by those individuals who wished to revolutionize the world of fashion. By bringing forth their new and unconventional ideas into the fore, they have brought fashion illustration into a greater limelight. The illustration is communication of the latest fashion via drawings, paints and other designs. It reveals the imagination of the illustrators, and his talent of curving out ides and making them alive in the world of fashion. This various graphic illustrations are then sent to the magazines for portrayal in front of the modern world, whenever any new and unique concept is brought in the world of fashion.

Every fashion designer wishes for his designs to be admired by the common mass, and be referred as the current hot and happening stuff at the same time unique in the market. But for a single fashion illustration to create a hype of this level, it requires several graphicillustrations to be worked over. Several such illustration designs are lost and rejected in the process. But it only leads to a sense of satisfaction when the final illustration is approved by the designer, publicized in front of the public via different fashion shows and is completely favored by the people. The graphical portrayal of these illustration designs is one of the means of conveying to the populace about the changes that need to be incorporated in to their lifestyles with the march of time.

It has been often conveyed that the fashion illustration has become stale due to advent in photographic technology. Since the decade of 1930’s several magazines have been replacing the illustration designs with still photographic images. However even though the illustration design has been over taken by still photographs the later lacks the delicacy and the standard that the illustration design provides with. This being a fact, there are still several designers who seek the help of expert fashion illustrators for the purpose of graphical illustration of the trends they wish to incorporate.

There is various fashion illustration portrayers like Mats Gustafson, Francois Berthoud, David Downtown and Jean-Philippe Delhomme amongst others and also have contributed their work to several industries notable in the world of fashion like Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Burberry amongst others.

Though in recent years fashion illustration has been over taken by still photographs, the illustration design stands out as a unique masterpiece bringing out the talent of its producers. It brings in the imagination of the designers to the forefront of the public and therefore always involves critical appreciation. The fashion illustration in many ways resembles the way we want our lives to be. It’s like living in a dream, fantasizing about it while making the graphical illustrations and devising new illustration designs for this purpose.