Glamourama

This is one of my favourites from my all time fav designer Valentino from his Spring 2007 Ready To Wear collections. (Worn by our fav Aussie model, Gemma Ward). Vive le Valentino!

Fashionable Art

I would love to be able to draw and paint. The freedom to express your thoughts and desires on paper must surely be a liberating gift. (I can’t even draw decent stick figures).
One of my great loves is fashion illustration and amongst my favourites illustrators, that include David Downton, Izak, and Wai, is Michel Canetti.
After a career spanning more than 20 years, Michel Canetti is one of the world’s most successful fashion and advertising illustrators. Michel, who has been living in Melbourne since 1997, was born in Paris and graduated from the Sorbonne with a bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and a Masters in painting restoration.
With a career that started with set design for Club Med, Michel Canetti has gone on to work for some of the most prestigious companies in the world including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Givenchy, De Beers, Guerlain and major fashion publications such as Vogue and Elle. Advertising clients include Air France, Lux, Renault, Mercedes and Perrier.
In recent years, Michel has created images for Myer, Melbourne Fashion Week Victoria Harbour, and designed the poster for the Australian production of Dusty the musical.
Michel Canetti is a master at creating high fashion images that are sophisticated and elegant and his ability to capture femininity and beauty in minimalist style is unsurpassed.
If you appreciate and enjoy the art of fashion illustration, then you’ll certainly become a fan of Michel Canetti. If you’re in Melbourne in the near future, the Thierry B Gallery in Melbourne is currently exhibiting a collection of Michel Canetti canvases as part of the Art Melbourne 07 festival, or if you can’t make it personally, visit his website at www. michelcanetti.com