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 [1] 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 [2].  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 [3] 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 [4] 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.

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Speaking of Matthew Ames SS08 [13], 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...

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