When our best buys fall out of style we hide them and hope for a comeback, but now we can own a piece of fashion that’ll never have to be stashed away.
Christian Lacroix, Sonia Rykiel, Karl Lagerfeld, and Phillip Lim are among the 60 designers who share their inspirations in “Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers,” a new book compiled by Laird Borrelli, the senior fashion editor at Condé Nast’s Style.com. Borrelli’s compiled illustrations are in a variety of media and offer a glimpse into initial design passions before real world constraints are imposed.
Starting on March 31st you’ll have the chance to own one of the published designers’ original illustrations which will be for sale in an exclusive online auction. Bidding on works will be rolled out every few days on eBay, giving you a month to find and snag your favorite. On top of scoring a one-of-a-kind sketch, all of the proceeds from the auction will benefit Fashion Targets Breast Cancer to support medical research for young women with breast cancer.
Check out ChronicalBooks.com and FashionTargetsBreastCancer.org for more information.
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ON A SIDE NOTE
Thursday, March 27th: Stop by Memes tomorrow for the opening reception for Takuya Sakamoto’s photography show, “New York Bike Dreams.” Gift bags, an open bar by Asahi, and music by Marshall will round out the evening. 7pm-10pm at Memes, 2 Great Jones Street, Manhattan. RVSP to rsvp (at) concre (dot) net. Exhibit showing through May 10th. Visit www.memes-nyc.com for more information.
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OMg So crazy, i just bought that book yesterday at Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Amazing illustrations….a must for the coffee table.