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INSPIRED BY SILVIA NEGRETTI FROM S IN FASHION AVENUE

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Hello!  In this post, I'll share two fashion illustrations I made inspired by one of Silvia Negretti's outfits.  As some of you might know, there is a regular feature on my blog where I post my art inspired by fashion bloggers. So, this means I'm back with another Inspired by post. This is not the first time I'm illustrating Silvia. I posted  another fashion drawing based on her outfit in 2016 . I have been following and reading Silvia's blog S in Fashion Avenue for many years. We might have been started our blogs around the same time, but I remember hers was one of the first blogs I discovered. I always find great fashion inspiration there.  Over the years I have made hundreds original illustrations of bloggers. Perhaps my most productive year in terms of illustration was 2016, when I illustrated thirty bloggers . However, I have been quite productive over the years and I didn't always do recap posts, so I don't have the exact number. Maybe some day I'...
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STYLING A GREY SUIT FOR WINTER AND LEARNING FROM OSCAR WILDE

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 Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! As the title would imply, in this post I'll show you how to style a suit for Winter.  As you might expect, there will also be some talk of sustainability and even a bit of fashion illustrating. I will also cite Oscar Wilde and his article "The Philosophy of Dress".  Moreover,  I'll use this post as an opportunity to talk about suits. The star of this post is a second hand Benetton suit I got from my sister-in-law. Recently I've been thinking about suits a lot. After all, suits are perfect for layering in the Winter. Layers create warmth and all that. I've always been one to enjoy wearing suits and found them to be full of fashion potential. There's something about a suit that makes is timelessly fashionable. Love them or hate them, suits are here to stay.  All of this got me thinking. Why do people like wearing suits? Why do people dislike wearing suits? What kind of suits there are? What kind of suits do people lik...
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