Mexican artist Gildo Medina creates a new dialogue for the world of surgically-perfect by making the familiar unfamiliar and unfamiliar familiar Considered as one of the most successful and important illustrators from around the globe by TASCHEN in the last edition of 100 illustrators, Mexico-born Gildo Medina is an international award-winning artist and photographer whose…
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“In a universe populated by a multitude of life forms, it’s not uncommon to come across one, or two… or four extraterrestrials, with an almost schizophrenic love for drama.“ – Xinleh x Couture Troopers Something witchy has indeed landed. By that, I’m referring to our latest collaboration with artist and illustrator Xinlin, who goes…
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(images courtesy of Art Plural Gallery) Last Thursday, Art Plural Gallery unveiled the opening of Chinese artist Qiu Jie’s show, featuring 30 latest works by the artist. Couture Troopers was present for the opening that day, and we were absolutely thrilled to see his works in person! Straddling Chinese aesthetics and Western popular culture, the artist deals in…
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Haute couture has always been one aspect in fashion that fascinates us to no end. How the theatrical, intricately detailed and somehow, full of grandeur interpretation of what a clothing can do, indeed takes our imagination and spirits to greater heights than we could ever imagine. It was undoubtedly the starting point of our love for…
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RAD OR WHAT? I would never expect myself to be so head over heels in love with an illustration that has neither eyes nor mouth, but here I am, extremely obsessed over Australian illustrator Aaron Favaloro‘s lovely works. Using fashion as his focal point, he draws key inspirations from runway trends at times, and reinterpret…
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Let me first start with a disclaimer: “To classify illustration artist So Hyeon Kim’s works as mere illustrations would be a severe understatement that could possibility get you arrested, and perhaps persecuted.” Well, you get the drift don’t you? With every pun intended, the message that I’m bringing across is So Hyeon Kim is by far one of…
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Many of you might not know, but one thing that interests me more than ever is FASHION ILLUSTRATION. Having actually been through a fashion design education myself, I know the importance of fashion illustration and how it actually translates the garment on the imaginary woman/man (the wearer) is highly fundamental. That’s why, my curiosity and…
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