Doo.Ri S/S 12 NY

Doo.Ri, S/S 2012, New York, Juju Lvanyuk and Mila Krasnoiarova.

Drapey directional amazingness. The purples in this collection were great too.

Derek Lam S/S 12 NY

Derek Lam, S/S 2012, New York, Aline Weber and Mirte Maas.

California! Cowboy meets Palm Springs. Those prints were amazing!

Alexander Wang S/S 12 NY

Alexander Wang, S/S 2012, New York, Mirte Maas and Magdalena Langrova.

Die for Mirte's look. She was the definition of Alexander Wang S/S 12.

Jill Stuart S/S 12 NY

 

Jill Stuart, S/S 2012, New York, Julia Nobis and Julia Nobis!

Dreamy sorbet collection all my favorite colours.

Richard Chai S/S 12 NY

Richard Chai, S/S 2012, New York, Codie Young and Lindsey Wixson.

A rose print made to look tropical, not an easy feat but pulled off beautifully!

Prabal Gurung S/S 12 NY

Prabal Gurung, S/S 2012, New York, Josephine Skriver and Frida Gustavsson.

Top three shows on NY. That purple was lurex. LUREX! Amazing.

Jason Wu S/S 12 NY

Jason Wu, S/S 2012, New York, Karlie Kloss and Milou.

Had to draw Karlie, she was just gorgeous in this show. Plus LOVE pastel and acid!

Rachel Comey S/S 12 NY

Rachel Comey, S/S 2012, New York, Katia Selinger and Svieta Nenkova.

A bobble jacket?! I want! And double splits making their way back? Hmm...yep!

Peter Som S/S 2012 NY

Peter Som, S/S 2012, New York, Cris Urena and Melissa Tammerijn.

Perfect pairing of the right colours with the right fabrics.

BCBG Max Azria S/S 2012 NY

FIRST OF THE NEW SEASON!

BCBG Max Azria, SS 2012. New York, Sara Blomqvist and Valeria.

Good colour blocking show, although I'm over that trend now;)

Mark Fast A/W 2011 LONDON

Mark Fast, A/W 2011, London, Viktoria Sekrier and Sopfia Bartos.

Half love this label because of it's creative consultant Julia Restoin Roitfeld.

Marios Schwab A/W 2011 LONDON

Marios Schwab, A/W 2011, London, Donna Loos and Quinne Engel.

Erdem A/W 2011 LONDON

Erdem, A/W 2011, London, Imogen Newton and Tao Okamoto.

Erdem Moralioglu is the best floral mixer!

Christopher Kane A/W 2011 LONDON

Christopher Kane, A/W 2011, London, Azul Caletti and Emily Baxter.

Burberry Prorsum A/W 2011 LONDON

Burberry Prorsum, A/W 2011, London, Arizona Muse and Abey-Lee Kershaw.

My favorite model combo!

The Row A/W 2011 NY

The Row, A/W 2011, New York, Hyoni Kang and Fabiana Maxer.

Proenza Schouler A/W 2011 NY

Proenza Schouler, A/W 2011, New York, Tara Gill and Daiane Conterato.
Most favorite favorite collection! I almost bought those pants on Moda Operandi. So close...

Preen A/W 2011 NY

Preen, A/W 2011, New York, Josephine Skeiver and Julia Saner.

Edun A/W 2011 NY

Edun, A/W 2011, New York, Tati Cotliar and Tati Cotliar. Ha ha.

Carolina Herrera A/W 2011 NY

Carolina Herrera, A/W 2011, New York, Kirsi Pyrhonen and Magdalena Frackowiak.

Thakoon A/W 2011 NY

Thakoon, A/W 2011, New York, Zuzanna Bijoch and Codie Young.

Diane Von Furstenberg A/W 2011 NY

Diane Von Furstenberg, A/W 2011, New York, Ranya Mordanova and Suzie Bird.

Derek Lam A/W 2011 NY

Derek Lam, A/W 2011, New York, Alana Zimmer and Mirte Maas.

Jill Stuart A/W 2011 NY

Jill Stuart, A/W 2011, New York, Zuzanna Bijoch and Lindsey Wixson.

Altuzarra A/W 2011 NY

Altuzarra, A/W 2011, New York, Daphne Groenveld and Karmen Pedaru.

Alexander Wang A/W 2011 NY

Alexander Wang, A/W 2011 New York, Emily Baker and Karmen Pedaru.

Welcome to Sketch Show!

Hello and welcome to my other blog Sketch Show! Here I will be posting all my catwalk illustrations. If you are familiar with my other blog Workable Fixative you will know that is where I post my refined fashion illustrations and some of the fantastically fun jobs I get. Sketch Show is all about my obsession with fashion weeks from around the world (especially Paris, I hang out for Paris!). Each season I chose around fifteen shows by trawling through Style.com pics, from New York, London, Milan and Paris fashion weeks and illustrate my two standout outfits from each show. I started last year (A/W 2011) with the intention to finish a whole season, but it didn't quite work out that way! I got to London and then life got in the way.

The outfits I choose are a mixture and revolve around these things: what I would die to wear, an outfit that is the absolute show stopper, something the model suits so well that the whole thing just comes together perfectly (bravo casting directors on that one!), an outfit that I think would be a challenge to illustrate or would be just plain fun to draw because its so kooky, or most importantly a design that is so true to the designer's aesthetic that it cant be missed. Each illustration takes around 15 mins to finish and when drawn straight from the catwalk those take around 30 seconds!

As of next year I'm setting my sights high and want to be a regular fixture at Perth, Sydney and Melbourne Fashion Weeks and in September fly to Paris and sketch at as many shows as possible! Eeek! I have learnt that if you want something bad enough you can get it:) And the following September (2013) I will be in Milan and Paris. Cant wait to look back on this post to see what happens!
I hope you enjoy both my choices and my illustrations, xpip.