Fashion illustration is on the rise in our industry and setting its own rules of engagement. For decades illustration had been displaced by photography which perfectly satisfied the needs of brands’ marketing and communication departments, while art directors, models and highly paid photographers conceived of beautiful editorial for consumers to pore over in magazines. Where once the likes of Kenneth Paul Block sketched the clothes as they appeared on the New York runways from his front row seat, a bank of photographers captured every design detail and could have the images in the hands of social media managers almost immediately.
But print media has receded in importance and beautifully photographed content is within the means of any smartphone owner who happens to be in the right place at the right time. Fashion illustration has surged in popularity across social media during lockdown, but an exquisite fashion illustration cannot be achieved with the latest Apple technology or filters. Fashion illustrators no longer need to compete with photographers, and are confident that both art forms can exist independently but side by side. Recent industry activity only bolsters that belief.
Nick Knight in his mission to push the boundaries of online fashion communication regularly invites fashion illustrators to interpret the runways for his SHOWStudio website. This week in a collaboration with V Magazine, Knight called upon the illustration community to project their artwork onto the bodies of models wearing Schiaparelli and Viktor & Rolf spring haute couture thereby harmoniously marrying the two and three dimensional aspects of high fashion creation. Fida (Fashion Illustration and Design Awards) has just wrapped up a series of crits in which industry-leaders were invited to critique the artwork of Fida members who were live sketching the London collections of Simone Rocha, Halpern and Molly Goddard among others. Critics included Biba founder Barbara Hulanicki OBE, illustrator Richard Haines and academicsfrom internationally renowned fashion schools such as Parsons New York, CSM in London, Mumbai School of Fashion and Istituto Maragoni Florence.
Anjelica Roselyn was born in Washington D.C., United States. Then raised and based in London, England, she studied at London College of Fashion with a BA (Hons) in Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear, during which she interned at labels such as Marc Jacobs and Ryan Lo. Taking inspiration from editorial and street style fashion, Anjelica enjoys bringing a sense of luxuriant motion and freedom to her illustrations. She's currently a Fashion Illustration Associate Lecturer at London College of Fashion.
With her fun and unique illustration style and colour she has gained recognition of her talent from fashion icons such as Pat McGrath, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Jeremy Scott and Anna Sui.
In 2016 Anjelica was named one of “Instagram’s Best Fashion Illustrators” by Radisson Red and Skinny Dip London’s “Young British Talent” for February. In their May 2017 issue, ELLE Magazine Greece recognised Anjelica Roselyn as one of their Favourite Fashion Illustrators. ELLE.gr writes: “This talented girl from England can combine bold colors with feminist references. She describes her style as “free, funny and colorful”. We would add “strangely intimate with a precious sense of street style atmosphere””.
At London Art Portfolio Anjelica is a valuable tutor in fashion illustration and fashion design development. She also teaches design development to all specialist areas of art and design on our portfolio course programme through photoshop and Procreate on the iPad too. The students have gained a lot from her expertise. The students benefit from her thriving career as a fashion illustrator which keeps her very well informed. She is also a fun, positive person to be around too. A lovely member of the team.
Some of her many numerous and important clients include Mayfair London, VOGUE Greece, Christopher John Rogers, Black Fashion Fair, Christian Dior, The New York Times (Print and Online), SHOWstudio, The Washington Post (Print and Online), Marie-Claire USA (Print), Harper’s Bazaar UK (Online), ELLE Magazine UK, CÎROC Vodka, Bicester Village, Project Runway, Bamford, Irish Tatler Magazine, Ted Baker, Aquascutum, Net-a-Porter Group, Marc Cain, The OUTNET x Mary Katrantzou, Printfresh, University of the Arts London, Starbucks UK , Google UK, Four Seasons Hotel Magazine, Hilton Hotels, Skinnydip London, River Island, ESPN's The Undefeated, Velveteen, Noonoouri, NYC University & NYCAASA, AARP Media, Hunger Magazine (Online), Hacci Japan.
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Represented by Lipstick of London for commercial, editorial and live illustration
Contact Marie-Claire: mc@lipstickillustration.com
+44 (0) 7966 176989
Contact directly: info@anjelicaroselyn.com