London’s Fashion Illustration Gallery Mounts Art Fair

COLOR COUTURE: “Fashion illustrations have always been almost like a secret beauty that has been sleeping for a number of decades,” said the British illustrator David Downton at The Fashion Illustration Gallery’s second annual art fair in London. Downton, who is also artist-in-residence at Claridges, joined artists including Gill Button, Tanya Ling and Blair Breitenstein, whose work is on show at the three-day fair held at The Shop at Bluebird in Chelsea. Works by 30 artists are on display, and prices range from 150 pounds for a small print by Sunflowerman to 25,000 pounds for an original Andy Warhol print. The event is being held in association with Yu Capital and Fashion Illustration Gallery founder William Ling. “There is something for every eye and every taste. There are nice established talents and new talents. What it does is to create more and more and more buzz. I have probably been doing interviews for five years about the revival of interest in fashion illustration. But, now, I say what revival? It is really here and I’m thrilled.” Downton has displayed a mixture of his older works with new pieces including colorful illustrative couture looks from Schiaparelli and Alexis Mabille alongside commissioned drawings. Downton is also at

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