Looking for inspirations for my illustrations has not been easy lately. Fashion has evolved to what seems like anything goes and has become confusing and complicated to keep up with. Its easy to understand why consumers are spending their money elsewhere. However, in the midst of this chaos, one theme that stands out for me is Futuristic Fashion. Although Futuristic trends are not new to fashion; we had designers from the 60's such as Rudi Gernreich, Paco Rabanne, Pierre Cardin, Andre Courreges, all were known for their futuristic designs and their use of newly invented fabrications of the time. More recent, Junya Watanabe, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, and Iris Van Herpen, who are known for their innovative designs combining modern technology and unconventional silhouettes. Today, with the advent of the ever evolving internet, artificial intelligence, driverless cars, 3-D printing etc....one can't help but see how all this will affect the clothing we are wearing now and what we will be wearing in the future! Textiles are being developed as we speak using modern technology. There are fabrics now that actually gives the wearer the ability to control music, answer calls and messages. What's next??!

I was inspired by two collections with futuristic themes from the Fall 2017 runway: Paco Rabanne and Proenza Schouler. As mentioned before, Paco Rabanne was a Futuristic fashion designer. His namesake collection is back on the runway and is again relevant in the 21st century. I tried to portray the model as somewhat "Alien" like with her translucent skin tone that reflects the colors of unknown planets from another galaxy, putting her further into the future.

I had so much fun coming up with the Paco Rabanne piece that I went on to create the second piece of artwork from Proenza Schouler. The design was already so forward that I just had to pair her with the appropriate architectural background. The rounded domes in the background relate back to the circular shapes and cut outs of her garment. I used monochramatic colors in this piece and was thinking of leaving her eyes devoid of iris and pupil to reference back to the domes in the background, but at the end decided to stay with her more human qualities.

I hope you like my interpretations. Let me know what you think of futuristic fashion? Is it just a trend or is it here to stay.....?

http://illusion.scene360.com/design/88864/innovative-fashion-designers/

http://womens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/fashion-tips-women/futuristic-fashion-trends

http://fashion_history.enacademic.com/351/Futuristic_fashion

https://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/05/20/google-levis-smart-jacket-details/