Cedric Rivrain is a famous fashion illustrator and artist from Paris. He has been drawing since the age of 18 and has illustrated and designed for prestigious fashion houses including John Galliano, Martine Sitbon and Yazbukey.
He spent most of his youth at a boarding school in the centre of France, his first drawing was of his mother, a particularly stylish woman who introduced him to fashion.
His first illustration was actually a double spread for Dazed and confused. Her friend, Yaz Bukey, the jewellery and accessories designer, was offered this double spread to express herself. She liked his personal drawings and thought it would be a more poetic way to introduce herself to have drawing of her fantasy world. That is how he started.
The significance the anatomical plays for him can be seen in the band-aids adorning some of his subjects, it’s all that is covering their bodies of faces, as he nudes over designer clothing. Through bandage and dissection he distances himself from fashion to uncover its inherent beauty. Like most of his work, the book’s illustrations largely grow out of his childhood fascinations- cartoons, anatomy, and, of course, eyes.
Now the focus of his work, he has dedicated much of the book to eyes- specifically, mechanical eyes. He said drawings were better when you find the perfect emotion in the eyes could give emotion. His work is drop dead gorgeous and the way he draws jewellery and shoes is absolutely beautiful.
The book combines his fashion illustrations, like images of Pivovarova in Balenciaga and Prada, with captivating nudes and chilling crying contraptions. And he think fashion illustration brings some poetry back to the commercial fashion world. It was something authentic and fashion images are all so digital now and with illustration. Rivrain’s book is not lacking in authenticity.
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