MASTERS OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION

This lavishly illustrated and beautifully designed book celebrates thecolourful lives and dazzling work of the great twentieth-century fashionillustrators, as chosen by one of today's leading fashion artists, DavidDownton.With a foreword by the legendary model Carmen Dell'Orefice, the bookfollows the careers of Downton's favourite artists, from the great socialportraitist of the belle eapoque, Giovanni Boldini, to the architect of1980s' New Wave glamour, Tony Viramontes (including along the way suchcelebrated names as Ertea, Carl Erickson, Renea Bouchea, Andy Warhol andAntonio Lopez).The book concludes with a portfolio of David Downton's own work, featuringdrawings of the Paris haute couture shows and portraits of contemporaryicons such as Dita Von Teese and Erin O'Connor. Many of the stunning imagesin Masters of Fashion Illustration have not been seen since they were firstpublished.