Fashion Illustrator Mats Gustafson

Illustration adds another way of looking at fashion says mats gustafson as a book of his drawings of dior designs is published.

Fashion illustrator mats gustafson.

Inside dior s new book dior by mats gustafson the house of dior is pleased to announce the release of the book dior by mats gustafson published by rizzoli. Clothes bodies and faces are the common theme of the exhibition. Gustafson s fashion and portrait illustrations have been included in french and italian vogue the new yorker and visionaire and he has created advertising art for hermes tiffany co yohji yamamoto and comme des garcons. This tome retraces the work of the swedish artist who reinterprets.

Mats gustafson swedish b. His images span a wide range of characteristics from the graphic silhouette to colourful and painterly expressions. Mats gustafson captures the movements of the models and the styles of the garments. It s been too long a while since we last shared with you the love for our design idols.

In the world of fashion there is a constant push and pull over the dominate medium splashed over the magazines. Mats gustafson is a swedish artist and fashion illustrator in his watercolors and paper cut outs his hallmark style is the simple use of silhouette shapes and muted palettes. Fashion illustrator mats gustafson in millesgården c fashion figures faces. This led to contributions in american vogue and andy warhol s interview magazine.

He studied costume and stage design at the scandinavian drama institute in stockholm and in 1978 had his first fashion illustrations published in british vogue. Mats gustafson began his career in the 1970s where all the magazines were ripe with photography with very little look in for illustration and even less for abstract watercolours. Join now for early notification of new works exhibitions and exclusive offers. His subtle elegant works can be seen in advertisements and articles for tiffany co vogue and the new yorker though most popularly for dior in addition to his drawings of archival dior designs a collaboration.

In 1980 he moved to new york. Purple hat for style com. 2003 join the fig mailing list. Icons by fashion illustrators antoine kruk and marc antoine coulon.

Today we want to focus on someone who we ve been reminded of in a gift shop of les arts décoratifs where we saw a huge dior exhibition. He graduated from scandinavian drama institute in stockholm in 1976 and immediately got a job as a. 1951 is an artist and illustrator working in watercolor and pastel media. Yohji yammanto red for german vogue.

Mats gustafson his huge impressive book of illustrations for dior was sold there and it was so pretty but also large and. Fashion illustration by mats gustafson.