Daily Fashion 146
One Thing That I Noticed Is That Everyone Looked The Same
Daily Fashion Illustration 146. Tuesday, March 25. 2014
Style submitted by Franck Mille. -instagram @prettyflysociety
'I wasn't always into men's fashion. I didn't recognize my talent for styling until maybe a few years ago. I began reading magazines and checking out different fashion shows online and I decided to give it a shot.
One thing I noticed was that everyone looked the same. Usually I saw the traditional white shirt, tie (of any color), nice pants and some dress shoes. So I used that as motivation to make my style different from many and most importantly not boring! My style is simply based on challenging the norm. I like to push the boundaries by using multiple patterns along with color blocking in my approach. My journey with fashion lives on as I seek more companies and clients who need styling or brand consultation and advertising.'
Daily Fashion 145
My Story Begins With My Dad And My Uncle
Daily Fashion Illustration 145. Monday, March 24. 2014
Style submitted by Mehmet Zaffer Oguz. -instagram @zafferoguz
'I am still trying to say truth, trying to be brave about style but it's clear that it is the way I show colors in me. My style story begins with my dad and my uncle who was living with my family when I was a child.
I remember these two gentlemen were getting ready for work like a ceremony; tailored suits, pure silk ties, perfectly ironed shirts, new looking clean shoes. It was interesting to see how they looked different from each other although they had the same kind of clothes on. I was jealous, because as a student I had to wear the same school uniform everyday and the strict rules did not let me add accesories or change colors. I had to be the same as others. But I observed my dad and uncle were defining themselves with their total look. I have learned the importance of the good shoes and stength of the good textile from them when I was young.
Now I am at the age they were and I see my style is something between classical and
actual streetwear. Furniture design and architecture inspires me and maybe this is why I try to build my look as everything on me like one piece. I am still not brave about using accessories but like to play with colours and shades. I do believe less is more but patterns are my exception.'
Daily Fashion Paper Back Cover
The Daily Fashion Paper Back is a collection of stories exhibited through illustration and written word. I knew the cover needed to reflect the quality of the stories. One of the goals with the Paper-Back was to have each and every aspect of production illustrated. That is true for the featured members of the community, to the sponsored ads to the cover of the book.
At the bottom of this post you will see the original cover design which I still hold dear to my heart. With a blue cover marked only by a the title and a simple water-mark it held the tenants of simplicity that I love in design. Unfortunately it did not express what the book is about.
Suddenly I had the book compiled and edited and the cover was all wrong.
The faceless man on the cover is meant to be a place-holder for the individual. This first Daily Fashion Paper-Back looks to tackle some of the ideas of what a community is. As a collection of the stories of individuals one can look at the whole and get a sense of a greater story, of a collective story of the community.
The cover is split in half by a blue water-mark and a black water-mark to represent the dual story telling of the illustrated image and the written word. Emerging in the center is the individual- the result of the story.
Discovering what the cover needed to be was a bit of a journey and I hoped to share a bit of that below. Some sketchbook pages exhibit the thought process in the design, followed by the steps in completing the illustrative process- from sketch to finished painting.
