This compelling piece of original fashion illustration showcases the brilliant artistic practice of contemporary illustrator Manuel Santelices within his celebrated Fashion series. Executed with fluid watercolor washes and fine rapidograph ink lines on archival paper this unique masterwork serves as a glamorous visual chronicle of 1970s New York style culture. The composition masterfully frames legendary designer Halston alongside his celebrated squad of models including Liza Minnelli Bianca Jagger and Marisa Berenson capturing the energy of runway shows through vivid blocks of canary yellow deep scarlet and draped white satin fields.
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 - Halston Halstonettes Liza Minelli and others
Halston Halstonettes Liza Minelli, Marissa Berenson, Bianca Jaeger and others, 2019
From the Fashion series
Watercolor on archival paper
Dimensions: 29 H x 33 W in.
Unframed.
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.
