Self expression through fashion

“When I began working exclusively in greyscale is when everything seemed to start to make sense,” says artist and illustrator Jesse Draxler of his dark, brooding style that combines collaged photography and painting, manifesting in large-scale paintings or commissioned illustrations. “It’s as if by freeing my mind from having to think about colour I had gained a greater clarity for everything else, like when someone loses a sense their other senses heighten to compensate.” Jesse suspects…

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If you're aiming to make deeply personal and authentic artwork, perhaps nothing is more individual and expressive than a self-portrait.

Models Parisse Toledo, Mariia, Sarah Said-Smith, Jess Mitchell, Bella Sofia, Dayana Grappa, Diva Dhawan & Tamara Moss front 'Spring Rebellion', ostensibly an ode to 90's slip dresses from John Galliano, Missoni, Prabel Gurung, Roksanda Illcic, styled by Rahul Vijay. Photographer Bikramj

Design student Tin Gao turns her face into a brilliant canvas.

Victoria Villasana on Instagram: “Boys & men should forever be entitled to show their emotions... New #streetart #pasteups to put up soon.... #streetartlondon 📷…”

A portrait series called Soft Shells by Canadian photographer Libby Oliver

Poking fun at the fashion industry, French artists Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson stick images of facial features cut out from fashion magazines over the models to form new facial expressions.

comme des garcons.

A new book charts 30 years of the fashion photographer’s work. Unapologetically commercial and famously unafraid to paint a picture of the fashion industry that is not always glossy, he proves that true cultural expression will never get old