![]() After all this I met Sara Maino, Head of Vogue Talents, and Simonetta Gianfelici. But also the House used my sketches: I was so proud about it. I was immediately selected by Marcus Kan, who was in charge of the platform, that awards 9 illustrations every time. The first time I took part in one I designed a dress for a FW collection from Valentino. Open calls on specialized sites are also an excellent tool to get visibility in our field. On Facebook you also talk about yourself, you do a bit of storytelling, something people like a lot today. On Instagram you focus the entire communicative power on an image. So here’s my big – but not complete – list of the best illustrators working today: David Downton, Joanna Led aka Miss Led, Stina Persson, Tracy Turnbull, Jacqueline Bissett, Megan & Kerrie Hess, Petra Dufkova, Izak Zenou, Sarah Beetson, Kelly Smith, Judith Van Den Hoek, Sunny Gu, Soleil Ignacio, Fionna Fernandes (my competitor at the World Illustration Awards), Bill Donovan, Carlos Aponte, Clifford Faust …I’ll stop here, but I could on and on (and we have not even mentioned the old masters)! A last, deserved addition to my ‘gotha’ although not really connected to fashion: Sergio Toppi.įirst step: self-promotion on the social media. But one cannot focus just on one’s favorites, you really risk becoming their copycat. Technically flawless (he’s self-taught!!!), not only he has developed a unique and immediately recognizable style but is always capable to give to his creatures a fresh and vibrant soul. Nuno Da Costa above all, of course, a virtuoso whose humbleness and kindness just floors you. The only way to keep an original style in this field is following the whole ‘gotha’ so as to lose any technical reference. On the other hand, if you get too inspired by the best you risk becoming an imitator. ![]() This is a very competitive sector, if you do not look to the best you will not emerge. ![]() Unlike editorial illustration, where the development of a good concept counts more than technical virtuosity, in my field the execution is key and is needed to illustrate the product, often as an alternative to a more expensive photo shoot. And this generates a moodboard and the creation of one or more characters that I try to give a soul to, even before their physical features. Each project starts from an input that is translated into a research. Today it’s the other way around, it’s easy to do, difficult to understand.» According to these provocative statement from Angelo Crespi, the author of Ars Attack, I believe that the job of a fashion illustrator should be closer to that of a artist from the past, who participated in their own small way and in the most inclusive manner in building a shared beauty ideal. «Art once was difficult to make, easy to understand. Tell us something more about fashion illustration today Illustrations for fashion & beauty is applied arts. Jumping from one topic to another Gustav Klimt, Raffaello, Egon Schiele, Claude Monet, Gabriele Rossetti… The list may go on and on. That’s a good question: you risk falling into the ‘pure artist’ temptation or carrying out a mere academic exercise. What is your style like today? Where do you get your inspiration from? I purchased a graphic tablet because today also illustration is mainly digital, and completely dedicated myself to drawing. January 2016 coincides with a new professional chapter. And that you have to use to do something you really like. A child make you realize how valuable time is. I got married and had a baby, Francesco, who is now three. Yes, actually before that I took some time off for family reasons, so to speak. I worked in their style department for three years, which helped me realize one thing that was not the job for me. I started working right away for a fashion company, first with an internship and then with a permanent job. I attended the Art School of my town and then moved to Pescara to study Fashion Design. I spent my childhood amidst pens, paper and colored pencils. I was born in Grottaglie, near Taranto (Puglia, Italy) in 1984. You can see them all in the photo gallery. And to each of her sketches corresponds a line of the song. She illustrated garments from Cote, Sunnei, Brognano… But also from Balmain. Inspired by Round Here, a 90s song from Counting Crows, the fashion story that young Italian illustrator Rosalba Cafforio created for Vogue Talents, illustrates the Fall/Winter 2017-18 collection of a number of emerging designers (but not only). ![]() ![]() She said she’d like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis …” “ Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand ![]()
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