Postcards from Paris - Lacroix

Christian Lacroix, known for his deliciously extravagant haute-couture ladies wear - dripping with embroidery and lace, is also a highly regarded illustrator.
What excites me is the way that he uses modern technology to a traditional effect, as seen in these postcards picked up at the Lacroix exhibition at the Musée de la Mode et du Textile in 2008. Using a program such as illustrator or photoshop he has 'painted' these figures in a freehand style that one might ordinarily create manually with ink pen and watercolour. The lively, loose illustrations go against the grain of regular digital illustration as they do not aspire to perfection or tidiness, but take advantage of the crazy  unpredictability of mouse and digital brushes.

Postcards purchased at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris.
Want more? Check out the book cover for the Christian Lacroix tome @ Polyvore
and for a little bit more info on designers' personal sketches - this article @ nymag.com

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