This exceptional piece of original fashion illustration art intentionally deconstructs classical portraiture by utilizing pure color pencil strokes over an archival paper baseline to celebrate the whimsical, avant-garde legacy of couturière Elsa Schiaparelli. Santelices masterfully drafts a stylized silhouette rendered exclusively in a vibrant, gestural palette of signature shocking pink hues, cleverly integrating high-impact surrealist iconography such as an eye-shaped loupe held in a gloved hand and an organic floral corsage.
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves the fun, art and beauty of the fashion business.
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Original Fashion Illustration Art - Elsa Schiaparelli, 2018
Elsa Schiaparelli, 2018
From the Fashion series
color pencil on paper
Dimensions: 12 H x 9 W in.
Signed by the artist
Santelices is a chilean artist and journalist living and working in New York for the last 20 years. After writing stories about style, design, art, and politics for a number of magazines, including the Spanish editions of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Esquire, and being a fashion writer in New York for Vogue Mexico and Latin American for 7 years.
