Artist

David Downton
Born 1959 (age 53–54)
Great Britain
Nationality British
Field Fashion illustration
Training Canterbury; Wolverhampton

David Downton (1959) is a renowned fashion illustrator. He is well known for his work for Vogue








Biography

David Downton was born in 1959 in Kent, England. He studied at Canterbury (Foundation year 1977-1978) and Wolverhampton (BA hons illustration/graphics 1979-1981).
In 1984 he moved to Brighton and began his illustration career. He worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from advertising and packaging to illustrating fiction, cook books and, occasionally, fashion.
In 1996, he was asked by the Financial Times to draw at the Paris couture shows and since then David has become chiefly known as a fashion illustrator. His drawings from fashion shows have been published internationally, in the USA, China and other Asian countries, Australia and the Middle East, as well as in almost every leading UK broadsheet and supplement.
David's commercial client list includes: Tiffany & Co, Bloomingdales, Barney's, Harrods, Top Shop, Chanel, Dior, L'Oreal, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, V Magazine and the Victoria&Albert Museum. In 1998, he started working on a series of portraits of some of the world's most beautiful women, including Erin O'Connor, Paloma Picasso, Catherine Deneuve, Linda Evangelista, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Iman and Dita Von Teese.
In 2007, David launched Pourquoi Pas?, the first ever journal of Fashion Illustration. He is a visiting Professor at London College of Fashion. In April 2009, he received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco.
He is the artist in residence at London's Claridge's hotel, where he stays 52 nights a year in exchange for drawings according to BBC2's 2012 program - Inside Claridge's.

Is best known for his contributions to fashion, Christian Dior and the British Fashion Council, David urban lent his hand to indicate a series of works for the Wyndham Grand Collection Hotel Group, which is the whole show in June.

By location Wyndham large collection of eight from Prague and Budapest to inspire England and Malta viewpoint, the signature vivid strokes are used to urban life each hotspot.

"In the discreet contact, such as the outline of the church, a bridge or a sign of the country's hidden in the illustrations is a nod to the hotel's location and the browser to connect to the legacy of the space," explains the city center.

"Art is more interesting than the pictures, because it can evoke a place, about a place, that place want to attract people's feelings, but also allows for different interpretations by the audience," he adds.

Illustrations are on display at the Wyndham Grand London Chelsea Harbour.

VOGUE.COM celebration of Fashion Illustration , Art in the fashion launch - dedicated to display and sell the industry's best illustrators, including David Downton , Francois Baird and Tanya Ling , a new area of ​​work site .

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Art lovers from £ 200 from £ 1,250 completely original artwork from the site to buy limited edition prints . Other featured artists include Jason - Brooks , Shearson and Bobby Jean - Philippe Delhomme - and additional images stocking month.

The Fashion Illustration Gallery , and we work with them to provide new services , was founded in 2007 by William Ling and promotion and marketing of both original works and prints purposes. " We are very pleased to be working with VOGUE.COM, and hope that in this process, the more people will understand , to become a brilliant work of our artists produced collectors, " Ling told us . "We want to in the past , their support especially now thanks to trendy support Dolly Jones who has been driven from its inception to launch this project forward ."

" Fashion Illustration is alive and well in this area leading artists produced paintings, drawings and museum -quality prints , " Ling said. " Genre is really popular on a global scale , which indicates that emerging markets in this work is now a great opportunity to get the best of their works being made today is a world-class collection and map is in here to help . "

" I have always loved fashion illustration ," VOGUE.COM editor Dolly Jones said. "This is very exciting , there are so many sites it is now - this has been one of my ambitions which seems to be a natural synergy to VOGUE.COM and fashion illustration gallery featuring the work of artists is incredible talent and it's really glad to be able to showcase their work in this way , I think the new pages look gorgeous . "

In the past five years , more or less in the design first and later , me and my family each year by the accident and spent several weeks in the summer in Greece and Sofia Neophitou-Apostolou , MD, and her family . In addition to her day job as an editor , chief uber cool 10 magazine , creative director Sofia secret in Antonio Berardi , Elie Saab , and Roland Mouret and Victoria . Pack enough resume you might think , but Sophia pandemic , she is - about to launch her first capsule collection , perfect 10 , as Pringle ( expect a lot of black ) . This lady needs a vacation

Of course , there is no time to relax tailor a holiday standard , and Sofia luggage filled with Balenciaga and Berard , Alaia and Pucci , along with a dozen pairs of shoes ( sandals can be worn on the beach, but never gave it ) , this will cause nose bleeding in your average island hoppers. There's nothing pretentious this ; Sofia dress is a form of relaxation , because she wore designer clothes as a second skin , they never seem out of place - which , now I think about it, probably because of any other well- defined style.

Fashion illustrator and VOGUE.CO.UK blog David Dayton, Valentino Garavani work to maintain a certain bitterness.

"My first experience of fashion, accessories are being developed Valentino Ritz Paris - it's like entering Narnia," he told us. "He was the last of the old-fashioned couturier. Lightness of touch, strict discipline and enduring aesthetic charm is one of his signs."

Thus, with the warm look of the exhibition celebrating the life and work of the designer opened Somerset House, London today, Downton reveals his favorite Valentino illustrations, and provides us with his use of his iconic designer colors - red: "There are bright red and rosy red Come to bed, go to hell red but when it comes to a red dress, it is only Valentino as someone once said, invented Valentino red"

ILLUSTRATOR David Downton is a fashion industry's most respected figures, with endless honor to his name. Claridge is currently artist in residence, his primary position in Fumoir bar, from where he shared a portrait of his latest interview with the accompanying theme.

This month's theme is his fashion designer Nicholas OAKWELL. Famous for his decadent creations explore OAKWELL unstoppable live no project, an exclusive interview with him and his greatest fear Secret Tips Dayton here.