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Fashion illustrations

Fashion illustration covers two very different jobs. One is expressive: figures for lookbooks, campaigns and editorial. The other is precise: technical flats that a factory can actually work from.

What this service covers

We do both, and keep them distinct. Expressive work goes into marketing, presentation and editorial. Technical work goes into tech packs, line sheets and production documentation where accuracy beats atmosphere.

Working in illustration also lets a collection be presented before a single sample exists, which is often the difference between showing buyers something and showing them nothing.

Four stages, each with an approval point

01

Reference collection

Sketches, samples, mood boards and spec sheets gathered.

02

Style agreement

One sample illustration establishes the rendering approach.

03

Collection production

The range is drawn to that standard, in batches.

04

Delivery

Vector flats and high-resolution figures, with sources.

The deliverables, item by item

01

Figure illustration

Croquis and rendered figures for lookbooks, campaigns and editorial pages.

02

Technical flats

Front, back and detail views drawn to proportion for tech packs.

03

Fabric and print rendering

Textiles, drape and surface pattern shown convincingly.

04

Print and pattern design

Repeat patterns designed and supplied as production-ready tiles.

05

Line sheets

Full collections drawn to a single standard for buyer presentation.

06

Detail callouts

Stitching, trims, closures and construction details drawn for production.

Commissioned most often by

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  • Fashion and apparel brands
  • Textile and print studios
  • Design and buying teams
  • Fashion magazines and blogs
  • Design schools and students

What you get out of it

Present before samples exist

Show the collection while it is still in development.

Factory-ready accuracy

Flats drawn to proportion with construction details that read clearly.

One look across a range

A collection presented as a coherent set rather than mixed sources.

Reusable across channels

The same artwork serves the line sheet, the lookbook and the listing.

Work in this category

A sample of studio work in this category.

Before you brief us

Yes. Photographs of a sample with measurements, or the sample itself, give us what we need to draw accurate proportional flats.

Yes, supplied as seamless tiles with colourways and repeat information ready for production.

Yes. Send previous seasons' artwork and new work is drawn to match so the archive stays coherent.

A thirty-piece line sheet of flats typically takes one to two weeks once the standard is approved. Rendered figures take longer.

Ready to brief this project?

Send the details and a scope, schedule and fixed quote come back within one working day.