Christmas

Slowly getting in the Christmas spirit.

Bought a Poinsettia and decorated the tree and house. 

This inspired me to do this illustration. Hope you like it. 

Evan Rachel Wood roars the 20's in Gucci

Actrice Evan Rachel Wood looks stunning in this chic flapper-inspired Gucci dress with matching 20's hairstyle.

I love the 20's influences in fashion. With its 2012 Spring/Summer Collection, Gucci unveiled a line that’s a throwback to the roaring 20s with a little modern rock-chic and vintage glamour mixed in. Gucci Creative Director, Frida Giannini, was inspired by the opulence and glamour of the “era of hedonism”. And with all that glittering gold, beading and tassels, the line is pure indulgent luxury.

I recentely watched the remake of Mildred Pierce and Evan Rachel Wood is great in it as the grown-up Veda Pierce.  Wood’s Veda blossoms from a precious brat into a full-blown monster, a sly seductress whose ambition and cunning are bottomless. It’s a high-wire performance, pressing up against the boundaries of Greek tragedy and campy excess, but Wood reins it in just enough to retain a sense of Veda’s twisted humanity.Excellent!

Evan Rachel Wood got her action on in this Frank Miller-directed short for Gucci.
http://youtu.be/7K2GAoBTuc4

Enjoy!

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Christmas 2012

Working on this year's Christmascards.

Chloe Sevigny

Don't you just love Chloe Sevigny? I do!

She is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry. She now designs for Opening Ceremony.

 

The sketch

The Fanning Sisters

I just adore the photoshoot Mario Sorrenti did with the Fanning sisters in W Magazine.
http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2011/12/dakota-fanning-elle-fanning-sisters-cover-story

I decided to draw Dakota & Elle puckering up with red lipstick

Busy

Busy with assignments, so I am not posting a lot of free work lately. So I decided to post an oldy to keep your eyes happy ;-)

Christmaspresent

Looking for a Christmaspresent? What about a fashionprint? In my Etsy shop you can buy high quality prints of my illustrations. If you would like any other of my illustration, not posted on Etsy. Please contact me and I will print the illustration of your choice for you.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CharissaG

Miu Miu Coat

Inspired by an image from Grazia The Netherlands, November 2011.
 

 

Coat by Miu Miu

Suede Mary Janes by Tata Naka

Belt by Jimmy Choo, gloves by Prada and clutch  by Tod's.

Etsy

Hi there!

I have been very busy with family matters, so haven't had time to draw that much. I hope to update more frequently again in the near future.

For now I would like to add more illustrations to my Etsy Shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/CharissaG

I would like to ask you dear readers, which illustrations would YOU like to see in my shop?
Please let me know. Thank you. Have a great day!
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Jil Sander

Image from Harper's Bazaar Australia

Jil Sander top and pants.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Prada Mondrian shift dress

This dress by Prada reminds me of the Mondrian dresses designed by Yves St Laurent in 1965.  Mondrian (1872-1944), a Dutch painter, was an important member of the De Stijl, who lived and worked in the Netherlands after the First World War.  This dress is reminiscent of  his earlier work of the twenties and thirties.  YSL designed a collection of mod clothing inspired by his work.

I love that Mucchia Prada opted for for the dropped-waist, straight-up-and-down silhouette of the twenties flapper—and the sixties dolly bird for the Prada Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear collection. I hope to see many flapperdresses in the shops soon.

Picture from Harper's Bazaar September 2011

Giles

Giles Spring 2012 RTW

"This is so not a collection about Black Swan," Giles Deacon said backstage before his show in London. Rather, it was a panoply of interlocking, stream-of-consciousness references. The Silver Swan, the automaton from the Bowes Museum near Deacon's hometown in County Durham, led to society swans photographed by Cecil Beaton, whom the designer dubbed "the Andy Warhol of his day." Deacon was also influenced by Beaton's Symphony in Silver portrait of his sister Baba; that led him to Warhol's Factory and Silver Clouds, which cued the runway backdrop.