Marge: Style Icon

Following suit of loveable Muppet character-turned Hermès-lover, Kermès, there's a new face on the block: Marge Simpson. Blue-haired mother of three, Marge has always had the signature style of the green strapless dress and string of pearls - a classic look, but illustrator AleXsandro Palombo has reinvented her in the guise of several style icons. 

This side of Marge is a little bit raunchy, a little bit cheeky but undeniably fashionable. Enjoy!

As Kate Moss in Playboy

7 Ps of Promotion Zine

Over Easter I created a zine as part of our project about Kotler's 7 Ps of Promotion. I used Sandra Suy as my inspiration for an illustrator and tried to reference each 'P' in a illustration that represented the meaning of the word when used in a company promotion context. I think my final product is good however I think the illustrations could be refined and also if I had a scanner they would look much better than they do when I have taken photos of them. You just need to click the above picture to view it as an online publication! I used Joomag to do this.

Barbara Hulanicki Illustrations

(photos found online)

(own photographs from Biba exhibition)

As I previously mentioned in my review of the Biba exhibition, I have fallen in love with Barbara Hulanicki's illustrations! They are certainly unique and they have the exact stylisation that I am always attracted to - I love the dolly aesthetic with exaggerated eyes and tiny mouths. The lines are very fluid and her illustrations are primarily line drawings with no colour. Her illustrations don't differ too much from my own in the past as I like this approach to drawing however I took it upon myself to recreate them in her style, using different fashion photographs as references, however keeping them quite contemporary as to not completely replicate the 60s-70s look. I did this using black watercolour and a fine brush and occasionally a thicker brush for the heavier lines, trying to keep them as free-flowing as possible and not beginning with any pencil drawings so that they were not too contrived.