Designer Inspiration!

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This wonderful blog in the link above shows some amazing fashion illustrations in art and drawing form that I find rather inspirational. Check it out, it's a pretty cool blog and is filled with lots of Perth based local designers and some of their works around our beautiful city.

Drapery

Drapery;

In art history, drapery refers to any cloth or textile depicted, which is usually mostly clothing. The schematic depiction of the folds and woven patterns of loose-hanging clothing on the human form, with ancient prototypes, was reimagined as an adjunct to the female form by Greek vase-painters and sculptors of the earliest fifth century and has remained a major source of stylistic formulas in sculpture and painting, even after the Renaissance adoption of tighter-fitting clothing styles. After the Renaissance, large cloths with no very obvious purpose are often used decoratively, especially in portraits in the grand manner; these are also known as draperies.

For the Greeks, as Sir Kenneth Clark noted, clinging drapery followed the planes and contours of the bodily form,, emphasizing its twist and stretch: "floating drapery makes visible the line of movement through which it has just passed.... Drapery, by suggesting lines of force, indicates for each action a past and a possible future." Clark contrasted the formalized draperies in the frieze at Olympia with the sculptural frieze figures of the Parthenon, where "it has attained a freedom and an expressive power that have never been equalled except by Leonardo da Vinci". Undraped male figures, Clark observed, "were kept in motion by their flying cloaks."

Costarella

AURELIO COSTARELLA

For over 25 years architecturally trained Aurelio (Ray) Costarella has been creating exquisite women’s wear. His designs have been admired and worn by international stars and local heroines. The creative behind Aurelio Costarella and Aurelio Costarella Couture (launched 2000) has always been based in Western Australia and is earning a formidable reputation internationally as he turns his local company into an international luxury brand. 

Since 2006 Aurelio Costarella has had a presence at New York Fashion Week and G’Day USA, building a strong retail base and loyal celebrity/media interest in the label.  

In doing so Aurelio Costarella focuses the global fashion spotlight not just on himself but also on the Australian fashion industry. 

The Aurelio Costarella studio is located in a converted Post Office in North Perth, WA, where all designs and samples are created. 10 fulltime and 2 part time staff members are employed, with approx 40 Interns (international and national) and work placement students obtaining experience within the studio annually.

Celebrity Clients include: Rihanna, Dita Von Teese, Tyra Banks, Sharon Stone, Mia Maestro, Melissa George, Leelee Sobieski, Geri Halliwell, Tina Arena, Tara Moss, Dannii Minogue, Jessica Mauboy and Anna Oritz.

AWARDS

2009 Winner FGI International Achievement Award

2009 Winner Caulfield Classic Style Awards

2009 Finalist Prix de Marie Claire Awards

2008 Listed in the Who’s Who of Australia 2008

2007 Listed in the Who’s Who of Australia 2007 

2007 Winner Small Business Champion (WA Fashion)

2007 WA Citizen of The Year (Culture and the Arts) nomination

2005 Spring/summer 05/06 show voted ‘One of the Best’ at RAFW

2004 WA Designer Of The Year Award

(Biography By Future Fashion: See Labels)