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Garance Dore

Garance Doré née Mariline Fiori (born May 1, 1975 in Corsica, France) is a French photographer, illustrator
and author, best known for her fashion blog.

Doré, born Mariline Fiori, was working as a freelance illustrator in France before beginning her blog,
garancedore.com in 2006. Her original illustrations have been featured by Louis Vuitton, Dior, Kate Spade,
and Gap Shortly after beginning her blog, Doré began incorporating writing into her posts.

In 2007, Doré began to feature photography of people around Paris on her blog, a format now known as
"streetstyle". Since this time, she has worked with Chloé, Chopard, David Yurman, Tiffany & Co., and J.
Crew on photography collaborations. She was named in a New York Times article as the "guardian of all style".
In 2009, Doré began creating video content for her blog. Within a few months she was collaborating on
video content with major brands, such as Dior, Chopard, Tiffany & Co., Petit Bateau, J. Crew, 
Max Mara and Kering, and, in 2012, had developed her own YouTube series "Pardon My
French". Previous "Pardon My French" episodes have focused on Fashion Week and interviews with 
Stella McCartney, Jenna Lyons, Dries van Noten and Anna Dello Russo. In 2012, Doré and then-
boyfriend Scott Schuman won the Council of Fashion Designers of America Media Award.

Garance’s first book Love Style Life Spiegel & Grau was published October 27th, 2015. Poised as a
visual memoir, the book layered personal stories about subjects from style to love along with original
photos and illustrations.
In 2016, Doré became engaged to jazz musician, Chris Norton. They separated in 2018.
She currently resides in Venice, Los Angeles.
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SHAMEKH BLUWI
Shamekh Bluwi is an architect and Jordanian illustrator and fashion designer. He gained worldwide
popularity after he published sketches of women whose dresses were cut off so that the background is
seen, he uses most of this art in his hometown Amman as the background.

Creates beautiful paper cut-outs with women whose dresses become whatever you hold them up
against.

Besides being beautiful fashion drawings, they also seem like an excellent tool for coming up with
inspiration for new fashion designs; simply hold up one of his drawings and see what sort of
architectural lines, repeating patterns or images the women in his elegant cutouts would look good in.
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MEAGAN MORRISON
Meagan Morrison is a Canadian-born, New York-based fashion illustrator and the
creator behind TravelWriteDraw. "Traveling the world and illustrating the journey
through a fashion-art lens". She received her Bachelor of Commerce from McGill
University in Montreal Canada as well as her AAS Degree in Fashion Illustration
from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She partners with the world's
leading fashion and travel brands to create custom artwork for various campaigns,
collections, products and installations. Select clients include Dior, DVF, Calvin
Klein, Montblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, Emirates Airlines, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity
Fair, E! and W Magazine. She has been featured as a top fashion illustrator to follow
in publications such as the New York Times and InStyle US & UK. When she isn't
on a plane, she is making fashion-art inspired by her travels in her Williamsburg
studio.
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BIJOU KARMAN
Bijou Karman is an artist and illustrator from Los Angeles. She graduated
with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in 2014.  As an illustrator
she has worked with clients such as Harper's Bazaar, The Los Angeles Times,
and Rihanna.  Her paintings are inspired by unique women, nostalgia, flora,
and the California landscape.  In this body of work, fashion becomes a way to
express the distinct persona As an illustrator she has worked with clients such
as Harper's Bazaar, The Los Angeles Times, and Rihanna.
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RENÉ GRUAU 
Count Renato Zavagli Ricciardelli della Caminate,[2] professionally known as René
Gruau (4 February 1909 – 31 March 2004)[1] was a fashion illustrator whose exaggerated
portrayal of fashion design through painting has had a lasting effect on the fashion industry.
Because of Gruau's inherent skills and creativity, he contributed to a change in the entire
fashion industry through the new pictures that represented the already popular designs
created by designers in the industry. The benefits, including economic stimulation and
enhancement of advertising are still present in the industry today via a new way of fashion
illustration, fashion photography. Gruau became one of the best known and favorite artists
of the haute couture world during the1940s and 50s working with Femina, Marie
Claire, L'Officiel, L'Album Du Figaro and an assortmentof "high-style" magazines.
[3] Gruau's artwork is recognized and commended internationally in some of Paris and
Italy's most prestigious art museums including the Louvre in Paris and the Blank in Italy. In
addition to his international fame and recognition, "Gruau's artwork is known for its
timeless and enduring style".[3]
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GRETCHEN ROEHRS
 Gretchen Roehrs stands out with her whimsical fashion illustrations created with a few
fine lines of ink and fresh produce, meats and other edibles. The San Francisco-based
artist spent time in New York working behind the scenes of the fashion industry before
moving to the West Coast to pursue illustration.
Food and illustration have long inspired one another, but not so much in terms of
fashion. In the mid 1800s, Pierre Amédée Varin's whimsical vegetable drawings featured
cabbages with faces and hybrid asparagus people, and even before that in the 1500s
Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted humorous human portraits out of vegetables and fruit.
Roehrs offers a very welcome combination of food and fashion we haven't seen yet.
In pursuit of the parallels between food and fashion, and in celebration of the end of
Resort season as we move into Couture Week, we asked Roehrs to reinterpret four
Resort looks from Givenchy, Sonia Rykiel, Wes Gordon and Jason Wu.
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 ERIS TRAN
Vietnam-based fashion illustrator Eris Tran designs classically gorgeous gowns with a contemporary
 twist. Skillfully sketched and artistically conceived, the striking collection of illustrations showcases
Tran’s avant-garde approach to traditional dress design. Composed of a rich and diverse color palette,
realistically-rendered textures, and lots of layers, each of Tran’s multi-dimensional drawings and
paintings exhibit his ability to conceptualize his imaginative ideas. Foregoing a narrow approach
to color for an all-inclusive rainbow range, Tran explores and experiments with pigments. He also
 employs a range of materials, including crushed velvet, exquisite feathers, and delicate lace, in his
practice. Additionally, most of the his dresses are floor-length—though some have high-low hemlines
and leggy slits—and feature stunning silhouettes ready for a runway.

Tran cites a range of influences in his practice, from musician he’s particularly partial to
(Lana Del Rey appears to be an enduring muse)to seasonal styles, like bright colors for summer and floral
patterns evocative of spring. He also draws inspiration from contemporary haute couture, while, of course,
retaining his original approach and artistic flair. You can find all of his striking fashion illustrations on his 
Instagram page, where he regularly updates his pretty portfolio.
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HOLLY NICHOLS
Holly Nichols is only 26, but in the few years since her graduation from Endicott
College she has established her own empire! She merged her love of fashion and art
to become an internationally known fashion illustrator. She sells her original designs
through her Etsy shop which has been favorited by almost 8,000 users. She even
prints all of her designs in her own studio located just south of Boston, MA. Her
Instagram may have 571,000 followers, but it has been an arduous journey to get to
where she is now. 
Illustrator who is famous for depicting her personal brand of fashion-inspired
drawings. She has gained popularity to her hnicholsillustration Instagram account for
showcasing her work, and has completed branded fashion-inspired work for Barney's
New York and Saks Fifth Avenue. 
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SUNNY GU
Sunny Gu is a fashion and beauty illustrator based out of Los Angeles. She has been commissioned by many
renowned fashion brands, popular magazines, and other major companies, including Vogue, Elle,
Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Carolina Herrera, and Neutrogena, to name
a few.
Originally from China, Sunny moved to the United States with her family at age 13, and became inspired by
cultural diversity. She became apt at discovering beauty in her surroundings, and finds inspiration in her daily
life, flowers, fashion runways, and the people closest to her.
Sunny’s name is as warm, bright, and cheerful as her demeanor. Her studio boasts lovely flowers, plants, and
sunlight. Of her artistic influences she says she loves, “Gustav Klimt’s use of pattern and composition, Van
Gogh’s color palette, [and] Claude Monet’s dreamy brush strokes.” In the world of fashion illustration, she
admires “the masters of fashion illustration, [including] René Gruau, Bil Donovan, David Downton, to name a
few.”
Although she has been drawing and painting since she was two years old, Sunny didn’t consider the
possibility of an art career until after graduating from high school. “I grew up in a very conservative Chinese
family. Pursuing in art was not in the family’s agenda,” Sunny recalls, despite being encouraged by her
teachers throughout elementary and high school to pursue her passion and talent.
With some persuasion from her high school photography teacher, she applied to an art college and was accepted.
It was during her studies there, that she discovered her path to fashion illustration. “I learned about the general
illustration field during my years in art college. One day I was in the school library, randomly flipped through a
fashion illustration book. I was immediately inspired and knew that’s exactly what I wanted to do!”
Sunny got her start in commercial illustration while she was a junior in art college and received an e-mail from
celebrity make-up artist and Neutrogena beauty ambassador, Elizabeth Ulloa. “She saw my work online and
asked if I could do some beauty illustrations for her projects. I started my first freelance work with Eli without
any knowledge or experience in fashion illustrations,” Sunny recalls. “She gave me the confidence and hope
that maybe I could make my hobby into [a] full time profession.”
Her illustrations typically begin with rough sketches and finish with watercolor paint, and the occasional
graphite or acrylic paint for texture. She is also a digital artist for surface design and textiles.
“Most of my watercolor brushes are from Princeton! I started using them when I was at art school; they are
made in great quality and last a long time. I’m a loyal fan. I use Princeton Series 4950 Interlocking Synthetic
Sable Wash Brush 1” to create special effects or gradients for background or large areas. I use a range of
Princeton Series 4050 Best Synthetic Sable brushes (flat, round and liner brushes) for foreground and painting
little details.”
“I use a range of Princeton sable brushes (wash, flat, round and liner) daily; they are essential art material for
my creative work! I’m amazed by the quality of Princeton brushes: countless hours of painting later, they are
still in great condition! The bigger brushes last years! I only need to replace some super tiny round brushes and
liners occasionally because I paint so much details in each of my paintings, I rarely need to replace any of the
bigger brushes, each of them can last years of faithful creative service.”
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ERTE
Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer
known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials (pronounced [ɛʁ.te], AIR
TAY). He was a 20th-century artist and designer in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery,
graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.
By far, his best-known image is Symphony in Black, depicting a somewhat stylized, tall, slender
woman draped in black holding a thin black dog on a leash. The influential image has been reproduced
and copied countless times.
Erté continued working throughout his life, designing revues, ballets, and operas. He had a major
rejuvenation and much lauded interest in his career during the 1960s with the Art Deco revival. He
branched out into the realm of limited edition prints, bronzes, and wearable art.
Two years before his death, Erté created seven limited edition bottle designs for Courvoisier to show
the different stages of the cognac-making process, from distillation to maturation. In 2008, the eighth
and final of the remaining Erte-designed Courvoisier bottles, containing Grande Champagne cognac
dating back to 1892, was released and sold for $10,000 apiece.
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