MBFWA Fashionary Sketchbook

A little sample of my Fashionary sketchbook I created during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia at Sydney's Carriageworks from April 8th to 12th 2013. I was sketching from the photographers pit, from presentation shows and from my own photos. Here are some of my favorite pages! xpip

MBFWA Sydney

Hello all! I have just returned from a whirlwind trip to Sydney to illustrate the shows and am exhausted, def am going to get a fashion flu by the end of the week. It was so utterly amazing and eye-opening! I spent a chunk of my savings funding myself to go but why not?! I successfully received a media press pass (under 'photographer', there was not really an illustrator option) and was able to attend as many shows as I liked to sketch whatever was coming down the catwalk. I met some amazing people, took some great pics and managed to pick up a bit of work while I was there specifically for the amazing Manning Cartell and Scout.

I was also lucky enough to be given an invite to the Burberry eyewear event by my lovely friend Marcia at Style Voyeur and WOW what a night! Check out her blog for a run down of who I met and how I embarrassed myself multiple times. Below are a couple of illos I did from the photos I took of some amazing people I met that night. 

And stay tuned to Style Voyeur for sketches of my top 5 shows from the week!

 Candice Lake and Dion Lee by Pippa McManus

 Connie from K is for Kani by Pippa McManus

Meg Grey's Miu Miu's by Pippa McManus

The Vogue Project pg 26-27

pages 26 & 27 (Undated again! Def 2008)

Burberry again! This one is a little more complicated than the last one, lots of detail and the pink paint scrapings only add to that I think! I love that nearly everyone is gazing at Kate or trying hard not to.

So it's been a month since I have posted anything! How naughty! Let me explain, I have 2 very big things coming up: My first solo exhibition of original fashion illustrations set to open on the 31st of May (more on that next week) and I also am of to Sydney tomorrow for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week to attend as many shows as possible and draw my little heart out backstage, from the shows and from the streets. The lovely Style Voyeur has asked me to be the stand-in official blogger for Burberry's launch of it's new eyewear collection on the 4th, see keep a look out on her blog for my illustrated coverage!

To keep up with photos, illustrations and general fainting-over-fashion-celebrity sightings follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

The Vogue project page 8 & 9

Page 8 & 9 (08/03/07)

Another Estee Ad from my Vogue Project, makes me wonder how much they pay for that kind of advertising space?! All I remember from doing this one is that I had had a fight with my boyfriend and started scribbling blue in the center of her face, and it ended up being a good idea so I went with it. 

P.S we made up, haha.

Vogue Project page 6

 Page 6 Lancome

Page six out of the 332 pages! Drew Barrymore for Lancome. I did a better job on the left page (the one above) of the two page spread so I'm not showing you guys the other one! Cheeky!
BUT you can see the original image here if you are curious.
In other news I have had a week without internet, oh the pain!
That's why Facebook for mobile exists I suppose.

Facebook Artist Page

Happy Boxing Day! I'm off to do the opposite of shopping the sales, I'm gunna be selling some shoes! But that's ok, hopefully I get a little shop in first;) Have been a little bit slack since my exhibition so just thought I'd share my Facebook Artist Page with you where I post little daily snippets of what is happening in my illustration world. The latest is getting featured on my favorite illustration blog I Love Illustration, go Check em Both Out! Merry Christmas!

OnWilliam Christmas Cards

So instead of doing another lot of Christmas cards this year (you might remember from last year?) I contributed a design to OnWilliam's set that they are giving out for free through stores on William St. 14 stores have an artist each and having just finished up an exhibition with Tu they chose me to be their artist! Check out the full set here, there are some beauties. And a big THANK YOU and congrats to On William for being the first ever (not joking) client to send me copies of my merchandise for them! Received a beautiful pack in the mail of not only my own OnWilliam Collectable Christmas Cards but everyone elses! You guys are the best!

Also pop over to sketch show, new season illos just posted!

Claremont Quarter Fashion Fortnight

I have spent the last month or so working on illustrations for Claremont Quarter's Fashion Fortnight campaign and have just now had the chance to blog about it! It was such a great project to work on and I got to experiment with my new love of mixing watercolour and pencils. The illustrations are all over the center and W.A's print media which has been amazing to see. The stores there are so amazing (Sass & Bide, Zara Bryson, Mecca) that I have already spent my earnings, whoops!

Jess for 400!

Hello! Well 400 followers today and to celebrate an illo of one of my favorite ever models Jessica Miller! I do love her and she looks to be making a comeback lately too:) And to go with 400 followers four wishes: to be represented by the Jacky Winter Group, to be featured on the amazing illustrator site I Love Illustration, to be published in Vogue and to own these Miu Miu's.

Sass & Bide S/S 11

About 6 months ago I got pretty obsessed with that pink raffia skirt by Sass & Bide. I harassed the poor girls at the S&B store in Perth till I finally bought it. While I was coveting I drew it and some other faves from the collection. Then I got invited to the Claremont store opening and got to meet Sarah-Jane and their gorgeous PR manager at the time Jacqueline Perrett! A dream since I was a fashion student 7 yrs ago. So I sent this to them the other day.

Spots & Fur

Another little experiment with Art Spectrum Masking Fluid. I'm really starting to love this stuff. Alot of people say it's cheating but I don't think so! The concept for this was to to show her face. I LOVE doing portraits so it was a defiantly a challenge. The dress is very YSL I think:)

Oh and I am currently doing a piece for an amazing fashion illustration exhibition called Drawn From Fashion. My artwork will sit alongside my Aussie fashion illustration heros like Kelly Smith, Bec Winnel and Catherine Campbell. So excited to be invited and so excited to show you all the Piece!

Chanel HC F/W 09/10

Sasha Pivovarova at Chanel HC F/W 09/10. Pencil on paper, background cleaned up on photoshop.

Vogue Paris SEPTEMBRE 2008

EITORIAL: Lignes & Attitude by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. All Balmain
Daria. Black and white pencil with lead pencil.