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vendredi 9 septembre 2011 
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Emmanuelle Alt in Fashion, Paris, Photographs, Vogue Paris mercredi 7 septembre 2011 
It is my privilege to share with you my two most favorite posts ever to grace the IWTB sites: exclusive interviews with the two brilliant artists who illustrated our site banners — Isabelle Oziol de Pignol (IWTBAR and IWTBAA) and Hogan McLaughlin (IWTBAB and IWTBAC). I am so honored that these talented people have chosen to work with me and it is my distinct pleasure to feature the art of Hogan and Isabelle now in hopes that you will enjoy learning more about their work and their lives. My heartfelt thanks, Isabelle and Hogan, for sharing your gifts with all of us.
Not only is she established at some of the best fashion houses, Isabelle is also a masterful illustrator. She is the epitome of what you would imagine a beautiful French woman to be — sexy, smart, and chic, all the while making her intricate and stylish illustrations and everything she does appear effortless.
Isabelle also has her priorities in order, as she puts her family first, yet she truly is a force in the world of art, illustration, and fashion. As you see in her illustrations, including those for the banners for I Want To Be A Roitfeld and I Want To Be An Alt, she has the ability to bring life and creative energy to people by putting pen to paper. While some might believe this can be learned, I believe it is a natural gift and one that Isabelle possesses with magic, whimsy, and beauty.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up on a small French island, lost in the Indian Ocean and called “Île de la Réunion.”
Was your early life nurturing creatively or did creativity happen organically?
I was not born in a “family of artists.” I am the only one who draws.
Has illustration always been a dream? If not, how did you evolve into this?
I didn’t think about illustration. At the time of choosing a career, I said: “what I do the best is drawing, let’s find a job which needs to draw.”
Did you study design or illustration to begin to carve a path for yourself or did you just naturally have the ability and sense?
As I like fashion too, I studied at the famous French school of art and fashion “Duperré.”
How did you first begin? Where were you, what made you want to take pencil to paper and create?
I started as a fashion designer in the mid 80s. I became specialized in menswear, climbing the steps and after a long time at Balmain, I became a freelance designer in charge of the menswear department of Balenciaga and the casual department of Burberry in Japan for seven years. It was exciting to be part of the adventure, to wake up those old houses, to work with Nicolas Ghesquière and the Burberry staff from London. But my son had some problems of health and I needed to be often near him. So I decided to stop working and care for my family. Some years after when everything was OK, as I was wondering if I would work again, one of my friends asked me to create a blog. It became so successful that now people are asking me to illustrate. I finally changed my job!
Do you remember your first illustration? If so, what was it? Do you still have it?
No, I don’t.
What do you most like to use to draw?
I prefer using pen, basic and classic stuff, actually.
Are you more interested in art or in the people you draw?
I like the society. People I see are a tremendous source of inspiration.
How do you find meaning in what you do as an illustrator?
I feel myself (as much as I can) as a society observer.
What or who inspires you?
The street, early and edgy adopters, designers are inspiring me.
Is there something specific you feel the need to capture in each of your illustrations?
No.
What drives you?
The purpose to tell a story drives me first.
What do you feel the attraction is to fashion for women? Why are we so obsessed?
I don’t really know. I would say that it is an easy way to become nicer and a language: the first way to show to others that you are cool, or trendy, or even rich… at just a glance.
Are you a fashion addict? Why? Are you always the first to buy the latest fashion or do you have a distinct style of your own?
I used to be a fashion addict. But now, getting “old,” I prefer style than fashion.
What do you think fashion will be like in ten years?
What a big question! Who knows?
(I prefer to answer in French if you don’t mind)
La mode vestimentaire n’a pas eu depuis 15 ans les changements spectaculaires des decades post war (40’s, 50’s, 60’s…) auxquelles nous étions habitués. Ce sont plus les comportements des consommateurs (engouement pour les produits de luxe auprès de la classe moyenne), des systèmes de production (essor de la globalization des marques comme Zara, Gap, H&M) et de diffusions (eshop) qui ont changé la mode.
L’accroissement de la démographie et le manque de matières premières comme le coton qui commence à se faire sentir, vont peut-être provoquer de gros changements dans notre façon de nous vêtir. Encore plus de recyclage, de vintage, d’utilisation de stocks de tissus vintage… Et peut-être un accroissement de productions locales.
Do you have a favorite illustration?
Not really.
Can someone learn to be an illustrator if they have only average drawing skills?
I think so.
What advice would you give to a novice artist who yearns for more?
To be self-confident and to keep an “open eye” to the world that surrounds you.
What can we expect to see from you next?
At the moment, I'm illustrating a web site, as well as a new collaboration with Luxury Edition, the press group who is producing magazines for "the leading hotels of the world" (for France and Italy). Nice and easy to illustrate the next trends. But the most important for me is the work I'm planning to do with "La Tribune et Moi" the fashion and culture "supplement" of the French economic newspaper La Tribune. I'm starting a story showing the daily life of a trendy, posh, and eccentric designer. Should be published in October. A very challenging opportunity!
See more of the work of Isabelle Oziol de Pignol
Isabelle Oziol de Pignol illustrations and photographs by Mirko Albini © 2011 Isabelle Oziol de Pignol. All Rights Reserved.
Emmanuelle Alt in Art, IWTB Interview, Illustration, Interviews dimanche 4 septembre 2011 
Emmanuelle Alt photograph © 2011 Easy Fashion Farid. All Rights Reserved.
Emmanuelle Alt in Paris, Photographs, Style mardi 30 août 2011 
Left to right: Yiqing Yin, Damir Doma, Alberto Marani, Vincent Darré, Olympia Le-Tan, Anthony Vaccarello, Maxime Simoëns, and Ligia Dias
Vogue Paris inaugurated a new tradition as part of the Vogue Bar for Fashion Week at Hôtel de Crillon last March — their Petit Salon des Jeunes Créateurs (or Little Salon of Young Artists) showcasing eight talented young designers: Vincent Darré, Ligia Dias, Damir Doma, Olympia Le-Tan, Alberto Marani, Maxime Simoëns, Anthony Vaccarello, and Yiqing Yin. Our lovely editor-at-large, Kate Ringo Suzuki, offers her thoughts below on the recent collections of these hot young designers. Thank you kindly, Kate! Feel free to browse the collections and leave your own opinion of these designers in the comments, I would love to know what you think...
Petit Salon Des Jeunes Créateurs
By Kate Ringo Suzuki
In March, Emmanuelle Alt hosted her first event for Vogue Paris at the Hôtel de Crillon called Petit Salon des Jeunes Créateurs, which translates to Little Salon of Young Artists. The event featured eight fresh talents who are striving to make their mark in the competitive world of fashion design. In an atmosphere where the major fashion houses swap out the same few established fashion designers like boys and their baseball cards, it is refreshing to consider the art of up and comers. In no particular order, I summarize each jeune créateur:
Yin’s designs are womanly, sculptural statements that mold to the body while also containing cloudlike volume. Her designs are a beautiful play on texture, fluidity, artful pleats, and draping.
Doma’s Fall 2011 collection of bold, minimalist, rectangulated silhouettes with large scale shoulder emphasis communicates an otherworldly essence. Colors are black, white, and copper… Beam me up, Doma.
Marani’s Winter 2011 collection features dresses that look like works of modern art. Graphic blocks of black, cream, and tan are interspersed with painterly prints rendered in silk. The silhouette is straight, as are the design lines.
Artist, interior designer, furniture maker, and fashion designer, Vincent Darré has an impressive background in theatrical and cinematic design, which inform his aesthetic. A September show will unveil his collection inspired by Salvador Dali and Captain Nemo.
The quirky Le-Tan recently designed cheeky hand-knit box clutches featuring copies of the original covers of classic reads like Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls and Arthur Miller’s The Misfits. Le-Tan finished the bags with a Liberty print lining.
Skin is in at Anthony Vaccarello. His Fall 2011 collection is an unabashed parade of edgy sex appeal. His dresses highlight the interplay between opaque and sheer. Bold cutouts reveal arms, shoulders, cleavage, and legs simultaneously. The miracle is that he manages to make it all look completely sophisticated.
Simoëns' Fall 2011 couture collection represents refined Orientalism through intricate Baroque beading, the use of tassles, and a lean, tailored silhouete. A parade of creamy, fine wool ensembles with muted tone on tone colors are momentarily interrupted by black frocks with a bold pop of coral.
The jewelry of Ligia Dias cleverly incorporates yin and yang. Raw, rough hewn materials like ropes and brass plates share space with precious ribbons, pearls, and glass beads. The result is modern and humorous... not “That’s funny!” but “Wow, that is clever and I love it!”
We are watching you, jeune créateurs!
Emmanuelle Alt and Vogue Bar photographs © 2011 Condé Nast and eyeoncouture.blogspot.com. All Rights Reserved.
Emmanuelle Alt in Design, Fashion, Kate Ringo Suzuki, Vogue Paris lundi 22 août 2011 
The September issue of Vogue US features an interesting piece titled "La Femme" with the editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, Emmanuelle Alt, and includes a beautiful photograph taken by Patrick Demarchelier. Being a lover of both Keats and nuance, I especially like the pointed caption, "La belle dame sans attitude." Among the notable facts revealed in the article:
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