Calling all fashion illustrators! Submit designs for LCF x Cass Art: Unseen Fashion Faces and Figures

Fashion illustration is a long-standing form of clothing, accessory, beauty, figurative and identity communication dating back to the 16th century. Whether depicting fashion realistically or suggesting abstract ideas and forms, fashion illustration is a powerful imagination ignition, both informative and inspirational.

Not exclusively used to visually depict designer catwalks and seasonal looks through the ages fashion, illustration has highlighted cultural dress and detail, shifted perceptions of human physicality via proportion and silhouette, and documented significant societal style changes from historical garb; such as royal attire through to workwear. The point is, fashion illustration in all its variety is a significant media to visually speak through.

It’s a common conception that sartorial drawing and painting leans into stylised portrayals of people, often as slender elongated figures. Over the past two decades that trend has started to change. This project and subsequent exhibition aims to widen and further representational parameters and progress, through the art of fashion illustration.

London College of Fashion, UAL, in collaboration with Cass Art, is calling all fashion illustrators or figurative artists to submit artworks that go beyond the current norms and represent, in any way you feel, people of all shapes and sizes, backgrounds, cultural and ethnic origins, abilities and unique characteristics within a fashion context.

The brief

Taking part is easy. All you need to do is research a subject, person or persons that you feel is under or not represented within fashion illustration and create a piece inspired by this.

You must feature and/or include fashion. This can be in any way you want such as the subject wearing fashion, in a fashion environment, through textiles, colour; or something to do with beauty, scent, whether traditionally or more conceptual, the choice is yours.

Entry guidelines

Anyone can enter as long as you are over the age of 18.

You can submit up to three artworks in any of the following capacities:

• Hand drawn or painted artwork in any media
• Collage
• Digitally created artwork whether created on a tablet, computer or application
• Fashion Animation or gif
• 3D Fashion sculpture in any media, from clay to rapid prototyping
• Another idea you wish to use

Submitting two-dimensional work or three-dimensional sculptures:

Please submit your work as a low resolution one page PDF. Within the PDF, please include:

• Photos or scans of up to three artworks
• The media you used, such as watercolour, clay etc.
• Your name as you would want to appear at an exhibition
• Your Instagram handle
• Your email
• A 100 word max statement about your subject

Submitting moving image:

Please submit your work as a low resolution MP4 alongside a PDF, that includes:

• How you created your work
• Your name as you would want to appear at an exhibition
• Your Instagram handle
• Your email
• A 100-word max statement about your subject

Deadline

The deadline for all submissions is 12pm, Wednesday 11 September 2024.

Please email: lcfprojectproposals@arts.ac.uk

Cass Art

Cass Art is on a mission. A mission to fill every town with artists, underpinned by the company’s long standing manifesto. Cass Art is committed to encouraging everyone to realise their creative talents by providing the world’s top quality materials at the guaranteed best prices. Cass Art not only partners with some of the leading art brands, galleries, organisations and institutions across the UK, including Sky Arts, the National Portrait Gallery, the Mayor of London 4th Plinth Schools Awards, University of the Arts London, The National Saturday Club, The Other Art Fair and many more, it also works with local galleries and supports community art projects.