Just stumbled across this wonderfully glamorous vintage lipstick ad on illustrator Dyna Moe’s Flickr page (Mr. Armour just got me her book of Mad Men illustrations!). It’s from an old Playbill and its simple, chic line drawing caught my eye. Sometimes I think understated things make the biggest statement, anyone agree?
this is marvelous, katie!
while getting lost in londontown many moons ago i took a grueling, 4 hour fashion illustration course with a live model. it was just me & her {the other students dropped out after 1 week!} and my older and utterly elegant instructor. a massive sketchpad and charcoal was all i had…and taught me the joys of simple, elegant sketches. love!
xo,
sylvie of silver lining
I completely agree. I have a simple pencil drawing of kitchen supplies I got at a thrift store (according to the signature it’s from 1980), and it’s the most charming little piece of art!
Kind of like Garance Dore’s illustratons, which I love!
A simple line can say so much!
I totally agree. Check out my blog for my last post on my type of inspiration… I stumbled across an artist for department stores who does a romantic/understated type of art for cosmetics and fragrances.
http://pfsmakeup.blogspot.com/
you’re right..and I remember Monteil cosmetics….