Miss Drey's Favorite books of the week

Hi guys!

Each week I will go through my bookshelves and introduce you to my favorite books...
After my post about "inspiration from fashion", I'll continue on the subject...

Atlas of fashion designers

“The traditional demarcation line of fashion – London, Paris, New York and Milan – is changing its original boundaries. Humanity is too rich, heterogeneous, multicultural and dynamic to center its attention exclusively on these four cities. While we continue to view these places as the neuralgic centers of fashion, we are increasingly paying attention to designs coming out of different parts of the world, ones that promise to explode the panorama of international fashion in the years ahead.”

-Atlas of Fashion Designers

The fashion industry itself is incredibly diverse, and while the notion of ‘fashion’ is disregarded by some and lovingly embraced by others, it nonetheless remains an enormous field of artistic creativity. Fashion designers create artwork with a function, adorning the human body with all manners of material in an effort to intrigue or seduce; each article of clothing speaking with its own voice on the behalf of its wearer.

This book has brought together images and information on the very finest in the fashion industry today. Designers from around the globe bring unique perspectives and interpretations of what fashion can be in the modern age, so if you need info for research, reference for artwork, or if you just love fashion, check it out!

Fruits

A collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine of the same name, first established by photographer Shoichi Aoki in 1994. With an extensive collection of portraits and cult images that uniquely documents the changing face of street fashion throughout the last decade. Features kids aged on average between 12 and 18, wearing clothes that are a mixture of high fashion and home-made ensembles, creating a novel, if not hysterical, effect If you like harajuku style, gothic lolita, raver or punk rock fashion this is an awesome book to check out for inspiration! 

This litte piggy went to prada

For the woman more accustomed to singing Missoni's praises than singing lullabies comes Amy Allen's irresistible This Little Piggy Went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade. Filled from cover to cover with sumptuous full color illustrations by Eun-Kyung Kung, This Little Piggy Went to Prada presents classic nursery rhymes with a thoroughly modern and charmingly ironic spin that will make the most sleepless fashionista mom smile, even when she's knee-deep in diapers.


“Nursery rhymes have never been so fashionable…Can any stylish mother resist its name-dropping charms?” (London Times )

“A beautifully designed collection of irreverent nursery rhymes updated for ‘the Blahnik Brigade’” (Time Out London )

“Posh new nursery rhymes…In This Little Piggy Went to Prada, Amy Allen rewrites childhood standards with a designer bent.” (PAGE 6, New York Post )

“The book that fashion lovers should know by heart…It’s the new must have…it guarantees you a giggle.” (Vogue (UK) )

“The must-have accessory for the Birkin-toting and Blahnik-wearing yummy mummy.” (Harper's Bazaar )

“A perfect gift for the new mother nostalgic for the freedom of single life.” (Daily Mail (London) )

“Any new mom who loves her designer labels will appreciate This Little Piggy Went to Prada.” (Hello (UK) )

catwalking

Whereas the first models to grace the catwalks were hired from the ranks of seamstresses and paid wages on par with floorsweepers, the model turned supermodel of the 80s and 90s has become the ultimate dream of self-made success.

Catwalking is a stunning look at the world of the fashion industry and modelling, illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs and graphic material.

I hope you enjoyed...

Love, Miss Drey.

Hi guys!

Each week I will go through my bookshelves and introduce you to my favorite books...
After my post about "inspiration from fashion", I'll continue on the subject...

Atlas of fashion designers

“The traditional demarcation line of fashion – London, Paris, New York and Milan – is changing its original boundaries. Humanity is too rich, heterogeneous, multicultural and dynamic to center its attention exclusively on these four cities. While we continue to view these places as the neuralgic centers of fashion, we are increasingly paying attention to designs coming out of different parts of the world, ones that promise to explode the panorama of international fashion in the years ahead.”

-Atlas of Fashion Designers

The fashion industry itself is incredibly diverse, and while the notion of ‘fashion’ is disregarded by some and lovingly embraced by others, it nonetheless remains an enormous field of artistic creativity. Fashion designers create artwork with a function, adorning the human body with all manners of material in an effort to intrigue or seduce; each article of clothing speaking with its own voice on the behalf of its wearer.

This book has brought together images and information on the very finest in the fashion industry today. Designers from around the globe bring unique perspectives and interpretations of what fashion can be in the modern age, so if you need info for research, reference for artwork, or if you just love fashion, check it out!

Fruits

A collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine of the same name, first established by photographer Shoichi Aoki in 1994. With an extensive collection of portraits and cult images that uniquely documents the changing face of street fashion throughout the last decade. Features kids aged on average between 12 and 18, wearing clothes that are a mixture of high fashion and home-made ensembles, creating a novel, if not hysterical, effect If you like harajuku style, gothic lolita, raver or punk rock fashion this is an awesome book to check out for inspiration! 

This litte piggy went to prada

For the woman more accustomed to singing Missoni's praises than singing lullabies comes Amy Allen's irresistible This Little Piggy Went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade. Filled from cover to cover with sumptuous full color illustrations by Eun-Kyung Kung, This Little Piggy Went to Prada presents classic nursery rhymes with a thoroughly modern and charmingly ironic spin that will make the most sleepless fashionista mom smile, even when she's knee-deep in diapers.


“Nursery rhymes have never been so fashionable…Can any stylish mother resist its name-dropping charms?” (London Times )

“A beautifully designed collection of irreverent nursery rhymes updated for ‘the Blahnik Brigade’” (Time Out London )

“Posh new nursery rhymes…In This Little Piggy Went to Prada, Amy Allen rewrites childhood standards with a designer bent.” (PAGE 6, New York Post )

“The book that fashion lovers should know by heart…It’s the new must have…it guarantees you a giggle.” (Vogue (UK) )

“The must-have accessory for the Birkin-toting and Blahnik-wearing yummy mummy.” (Harper's Bazaar )

“A perfect gift for the new mother nostalgic for the freedom of single life.” (Daily Mail (London) )

“Any new mom who loves her designer labels will appreciate This Little Piggy Went to Prada.” (Hello (UK) )

catwalking

Whereas the first models to grace the catwalks were hired from the ranks of seamstresses and paid wages on par with floorsweepers, the model turned supermodel of the 80s and 90s has become the ultimate dream of self-made success.

Catwalking is a stunning look at the world of the fashion industry and modelling, illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs and graphic material.

I hope you enjoyed...

Love, Miss Drey.

Vogue, L'Officiel, Harper's Bazaar, Elle Magazine ...Source of inspiration.

Hi guys!


I always had a thing for fashion, and I LOVE fashion's magazines, so times to times I go back to them to look for inspiration, for my "lady sitting on a bench", I used a photo from the Marie Claire magazine as far as I remember, I loved the attitude of the model and I knew I wanted to paint her, it is not just a copy, I tried to intensify the fact that she was waiting for something or someone, I changed most of the colors and certain things to make it my own... So here's my painting...

"The lady waiting, sitting on a bench", Barcelona 2010

And there, some details...

Detail of the hat

Polka dot dress...

Some bracelets...

I particularly love the work on the bench!!!

the layers of the dress, and a sock and shoe detail...

Sketch before the painting...

If I remember well, it was a page from the "South African Marie Claire"

I have used magazines for a long time for inspiration and while tidying up my studio the other day I found this drawing that I made when I was 16 or 17 years old...

It is very old and not in very good condition but I still really like it! It actually makes me think of a good friend of mine, AnnaE, a classmate in fashion school, a stunning, sharp and talented girl that one!!! yeah she really looks a lot alike!!!

Here's an illustration of hers by the way, told you! She is good!... 

Petite gitane by AnnaE.

Click here to visit her blog.

Love, Miss Drey.

Hi guys!


I always had a thing for fashion, and I LOVE fashion's magazines, so times to times I go back to them to look for inspiration, for my "lady sitting on a bench", I used a photo from the Marie Claire magazine as far as I remember, I loved the attitude of the model and I knew I wanted to paint her, it is not just a copy, I tried to intensify the fact that she was waiting for something or someone, I changed most of the colors and certain things to make it my own... So here's my painting...

"The lady waiting, sitting on a bench", Barcelona 2010

And there, some details...

Detail of the hat

Polka dot dress...

Some bracelets...

I particularly love the work on the bench!!!

the layers of the dress, and a sock and shoe detail...

Sketch before the painting...

If I remember well, it was a page from the "South African Marie Claire"

I have used magazines for a long time for inspiration and while tidying up my studio the other day I found this drawing that I made when I was 16 or 17 years old...

It is very old and not in very good condition but I still really like it! It actually makes me think of a good friend of mine, AnnaE, a classmate in fashion school, a stunning, sharp and talented girl that one!!! yeah she really looks a lot alike!!!

Here's an illustration of hers by the way, told you! She is good!... 

Petite gitane by AnnaE.

Click here to visit her blog.

Love, Miss Drey.

Family portrait... my sister Manu.

Hi guys!
I unfortunately dropped my new macbook pro on the floor! I know it is horrible, believe me I screamed!! But I managed somehow to damaged only the iphoto and nothing else, for this reason I can only use old pictures that I already have in my computer until I get it fixed....

So today, I am presenting you a painting of my sister that I did for her, it took me a couple of days to do the whole thing, it was easy, I wanted something pretty, for her of her... I tried to integrate things that she likes and who she is in it... She loves Nature, she loves to mountain bike, she has a big thing for video games, she is so generous, she has a big heart..., there she is...

To my baby sister Emmanuelle aka Manu, I love you...

Miss Drey.

"Manu", Barcelona 2010

Hi guys!
I unfortunately dropped my new macbook pro on the floor! I know it is horrible, believe me I screamed!! But I managed somehow to damaged only the iphoto and nothing else, for this reason I can only use old pictures that I already have in my computer until I get it fixed....

So today, I am presenting you a painting of my sister that I did for her, it took me a couple of days to do the whole thing, it was easy, I wanted something pretty, for her of her... I tried to integrate things that she likes and who she is in it... She loves Nature, she loves to mountain bike, she has a big thing for video games, she is so generous, she has a big heart..., there she is...

To my baby sister Emmanuelle aka Manu, I love you...

Miss Drey.

"Manu", Barcelona 2010