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Our Fashion Illustrations Of The Quirkiest Spring/Summer 2017 Looks

Having collaborated with street style photographer James Bent and worked with artist Dawn Ng, Hisyam Abd Rahman (our own graphic designer and resident artist) is no stranger to the world of pencilling. Here, he casts his dark-whimsy and satirical eye over the season’s offbeat looks, illustrating them, off the runway, and into the scenes of the everyday.

by CHRIS ONG AND IMRAN JALAL / December 30, 2016

fashion illustrations — Is the tawny-haired woman dressed in the hooded DKNY fringed boiler suit caught in an Inception delusion, or is the short-bobbed one in the Louis Vuitton cut-out polka-dot gown trapped in an artistic illusion?

fashion illustrations — Maria Grazia Chiuri dishes out a crustacean-embroidered Dior bib: good enough to be eaten with your lobster – extra dressing optional, and wine, just a sip.

fashion illustrations — They’re not plastic, but look fantastic – that’s how these girls do slick. It’s red at Gucci, purple and blue at Kenzo; from the ’70s to ’80s till today at the grocer’s – it’s forever chic.

fashion illustrations — Move in or make room. Just don’t get too close to the sisters three, as eye-catching as their floral vase-like (Salvatore Ferragamo), spiky (Junya Watanabe )and exaggeratedly-proportioned(Jil Sander) silhouettes be.

fashion illustrations — Left, right, left. “Right, just get out of the way,” she said, unstoppable in her wide-shouldered Balenciaga jacket (right), to the immovable being in her Comme des Garcons statement dress (left) the size of a bed.

fashion illustrations — Bejewelled high-society she-wolf meets waist-belted huntress in this zoological display. It’s these fur-lined looks of Moschino (left) and Lanvin (right) that enable the women to rule the world today.

This story was first seen in Female‘s January 2017 issue.

Like this? Check out the Spring/Summer 2017 trends that will be huge next year, editor Noelle Loh’s 10 questions about the Chanel S/S ’17 show and all the fashion items that defined 2016.

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