EXHIBITION: UNSEEN FASHION FACES & FIGURES
10th Oct 2023
Fashion illustration is a long-standing form of clothing, accessory, beauty, figurative and identity communication dating back to the sixteenth century. Whether depicting fashion realistically or suggesting abstract ideas and forms, fashion illustration is a powerful imagination ignition, both informative and inspirational.
It’s a common conception that sartorial drawing and painting leans into stylised portrayals of people, often as caucasian, slender, elongated figures. Over the past two decades that trend has started to change. This exhibition aims to widen and further represent parameters and progress, through the art of fashion illustration. The exhibition features over forty artists’ works that go beyond current norms and represent people of all shapes and sizes, backgrounds, cultural and ethnic origins, abilities and unique characteristics within a fashion context!
The array continues to inspire and grow, via live workshops led by artists, Rob Unett, Bex Cassie, Martha Zmpounou, Faye Dobinson and Francesco Poiana.
This project is created and presented by London College of Fashion, UAL, in collaboration with Cass Art, supported by Liquitex and Clairefontaine.
Location: Wolfson Gallery, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, East Bank, 105 Carpenter’s Road, Stratford, E20 2AR
Dates & times: 1st – 10th October 2024, 10am - 5pm Mon-Sat
Admission: FREE
