Beautiful Turbans collection from the egyptian collection of Forget Me Not, in collaboration with Yasmin Rizvi. Forget Me Not is its unique concept – a synergy of fashion and art through the hand made drawings that are later implemented as a print. London-based Designer Coco whose drawings have been commissioned by everyone in fashion and interior industries, all the compositions are digitally printed on the fine quality fabrics of cotton, silk and cashmere in Como, Italy. This is very advanced process of digital printing technology resulting in great quality of the products and uniqueness.

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The new SS2011 accessories collection from Forget-Me-Not is inspired by Mythology. Designer Coco’s 100% silk scarves – which are are digitally printed in Como, Italy – depict scenes featuring characters whose tales of heroism, romance and mystery have captured mankind’s imagination across the centuries.
As always, the Forget–Me-Not muses appear in the form of delicate female characters depicted in dreamlike scenarios. Fine featured and full of mischief, these sylphs are surrounded by winged creatures and fantastical beings including butterfly, ornate shells and tropical birds. Twisted ropes of pearls snake through elegant tuniques whilst Coco’s unique geometrical abstractions add a graphic quality that compliments the whimsical nature of her illustrations.
In a palette of ocean blues, rich purple and midnight black, on which brighter hues are set off against a backdrop of neutral tones to give each composition a beguiling sense of depth. Moreover, with every design meticulously rendered by hand, this latest collection in the highly successful Forget-Me-Not series is a covetable extension of Coco’s work as a sought after fashion illustrator.

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Hermes collaboration with Colette – Forget me not, illustrated scarf by Coco

Liberty of london collection – Manolo Blahnik for Liberty

Richard Weston exclusive at Liberty scarves room – Longchamp magic scarf, winter 2010

The Beautiful : Illustrations for Fashion and Style

Editors: R. Klanten, H. Hellige

Features: 224 Pages, full color, flexocover

Format: 23 × 29 cm

Illustration is one of today’s fastest growing creative disciplines. Its versatility has made it a key visual element in fashion, lifestyle, editorial design, and advertising. Illustrations depict and enrich content in magazines and other publications. They help advertisers to address target audiences more precisely. Illustration appears more and more frequently in fashion and packaging design, and the combination of illustration and photography has resulted in a new, more complex visual language. The Beautiful presents the work of today’s trendiest and most promising illustrators in the areas of fashion, lifestyle, editorial design, and commercial illustration.

Straight from the myths and legends of ancient Greece comes ‘’Mythology’’ – the stunning new AW2010 accessories collection from Forget-Me-Not. Inspired by characters whose tales of heroism, romance and

mystery have captured mankind’s imagination across the centuries, designer Coco’s digitally printed, 100% silk scarves and turbans depict scenes straight from the well-loved fantasies of times gone by. Here we see the winged horse Pegasus take flight, whilst the sea goddess Calypso, the god of sleep, Morpheus and the snow nymph, Chione, weave their magic spells on the mortals they treat as mere play things.

As always, the Forget–Me-Not muses appear in the form of delicate female characters depicted in dream-like scenarios. Fine featured and full of mischief, these sylphs are surrounded by winged creatures and fantastical beings including horned beetles, ornate shells and regal birds of prey. Twisted ropes of pearls are entwined through elegant turbans whilst Coco’s unique geometrical abstractions beckon you on a strange journey through her imagination. In a palette of ocean blues, dusty pinks, rich greys and midnight black, each scarf design comes in three colour ways, on which brighter hues are set off against a backdrop of neutral tones to give each composition a beguiling sense of depth. Moreover, with every design meticulously rendered by hand, this latest collection in the highly successful Forget-Me-Not series serves as a covetable extension of designer Coco’s work as a sought after fashion illustrator.

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(The Age of Feminine Drawing No. 2)
The New Age of Feminine Drawing demonstrates clearly how and why illustration in fashion has made an amazing comeback. Having virtually reached saturation point, photography is no longer the all-powerful medium of creativity, and has once again given way to the age old art of drawing.

The drawings featured in this exciting new title represent many different styles and a broad cross section of artists. All works featured have one thing in common: they possess a uniquely feminine power of seduction.
Categories covered include magazine covers, posters, cosmetic advertisements, lifestyle advertisements and entertainment products.

Artists featured include Akari Inogouchi, Annika Wester, Carine Brancowitz, Cecilia Carlstedt, Cedric Rivrain, Christina K. Coco, Elisa Johns, Laura Laine, Lotie, Maren Esdar, Jarno Kettunen and more.

The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration features the best contemporary illustrations and illustration techniques from around the world. This cutting-edge anthology from Yaiza Nicolas and Andres Gonzalez Fernandez includes both established and emerging illustrators and hundreds of full-color examples of their artwork, catagorized according to theme and organized in a visual index for quick reference.

Yaiza Nicolas (Author), Andres Gonzalez Fernandez (Author), Alessandro Zanchetta (Author)

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“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”- Coco Chanel

Artistic representation of fashion has existed since the dawn of civilization.  From the statues of Mesopotamia, the walls of Egyptian pyramids, the master paintings of the Renaissance, the cover of  Vogue’s first issue in 1892, and through today, artists have continued to carefully document fashion of the period. Gallery Nucleus is therefore proud to present our first fashion illustration exhibition.

We are privileged to have an international roster featuring established as well as emerging contemporary fashion illustrators. Exhibiting artists working in a variety of mediums from paint, watercolor, ink, textiles and digital media. These artists have worked with designers such as Dior, Jean-Paul Gualtier, and Marc Jacobs just to name a few. They have graced the pages of publications including, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Nylon and many more. We are pleased to showcase the ever expanding world of fashion illustration that represents the latest trends of our time and captivates the greatest styles that will last forever.

Featured Artists:
Annika Wester
Baiba Ladiga
Bob Peak
Coco Pit
Connie Lim
Eleanor Bowley
Elodie
Erin Petson
Esther Kim
Jarno Kettunen
Laura Laine
Lawrence Noble
Loreto Binvignat Streeter
Monica Velasquez
Naja Conrad Hansen
Ohgushi
Pomme Chan
Robert Tirado
Sandra Suy
Stina Persson
Veronique Meignaud

Line of Style: Fashion Illustration Spanning the Globe
April 3, 2010 – April 26, 2010
Opening Reception / Apr 3, 7:00PM – 10:00PM

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