A lot of fashion illustration these days tends to be fluid and freehand or aiming to appeal to the feminine sensibilities - i.e. cutesy, girly or nostalgic.  These are not bad qualities but when I came across Alexis Zamlich's illustration work whose work is so beautifully precise, it seemed to me that her drawing style exactly suits the sort of avant garde fashion that she professes to love.  Zamlich graduated from Parsons and is currently interning at Surface Mag as well as assisting at the New Yorker.  Though a great deal of meticulous line work goes into her drawings, she also says that there is tension between 'control and chaos', as if those intricate lines will suddenly overflow from the sillhouettes that she draws.

Her depictions of pieces from the Matthew Ames SS08 collection add depth and complexity to the wonderful shapes that Ames has created... would love to see how Ames feels about his work being depicted in such a way.

Speaking of Matthew Ames SS08, I unfortunately had an invite to his presentation last season in Paris but couldn't make it in the end, and after looking at the pictures of the presentation below, I think I could have done with the serene ambiance, not just of the venue but also where the clothes.  There was a certain strict harshness to his previous collection and it has loosened up for SS08 but it still retains Ames' strength in strong silhouette/shape.  I also love the way colour is used sparingly and wisely...