An Illustrated Fashion Blog by Angie Réhe

Oh look!  There I am in the latest issue of Shop Til You Drop mag, in the very good company of the gorgeous gals Kerrie Hess and Sarah Hankinson.  You know you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep…

Oh and psssst, So Frenchy (shown above) will be available in my new line of greeting cards which I’ll be launching at the Supergraph art & design festa in February.  You’ll also find them in my Etsy store of course, along with a rather exciting new project.  Holiday?  What holiday??

Granted, this post only gives you 2 days notice, but spontaneity is good for your health remember.  Due to popular demand – i.e. people that could not wait another month to whip their skills to even greater heights, the first Intermediate course in Fashion Illustration begins this week!  The Patsyfox Drawing Salon lets no grass grow under its feet…

We kick off on Wednesday night with a night of classic black ink Fashion Illustration and a bit of experimentation.  Each week of the course is a new challenge which builds and re-enforces  existing skills, and introduces new media, techniques, and compositional elements.  One spot left, just sayin’.  (Introduction to Fashion Illustration begins 24th February and is almost full.)

There are many things that make me happy when seen in a line-up – drinks (usually only seen on your birthday), gig tickets (I currently have an exceptional one of these – hello Cat Power/Kurt Vile/Sunnyboys/Rolling Stones? – Yes now try and contain your seething jealousy I dare you), new shoes, and lipsticks.  So as jobs go, illustrating these lipsticks for Elle magazine December ’13 issue wasn’t exactly a hard day at the office.  I may or may not have taken all of them for a road test…

And since all of these were painted with the actual lipsticks, if you’re interested, here’s the role-call: (L-R) YSL Sheer Candy #5, M.A.C. Flat Out Fabulous, Dior Darling, L’Oreal Rose Tendre, Bobbi Brown Bobbi #5, Clinique black honey, Tom Ford Black Orchid, Napoleon Hara, Revlon Revlon Red, Poppy Red Sinner, Revlon gloss Top Tomato.

Set ’em up Joe…

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I seem to be hearing a lot of people saying that they can’t wait for 2013 to end.  Personally, I’m relishing every last second.  My mojo has been working in overdrive all year and I’ve had the luckiest and best year in a very long time.  I’ve worked like a battery hen and at times lived like a hermit, but have loved every minute.  The wonderful Bil Donovan sprinkled his magic dust on me in March and it still hasn’t worn off.  Thank you Bil.

Just some of the highlights include: Persuading LMFF to bring Bil Donovan to Australia, being his personal Melbourne host, then holding a 2-day fashion illustration masterclass at the Abbotsford Convent; Being accepted to join the fantastic Illustration Room agency, who now represent me in Australia, Illustrating the Little Black Dress Project book for the very lovely Cheryl Lin of Business Chic; Continuing to teach people the joy of fashion illustration at the Patsyfox Drawing Salon and RMIT; Becoming a regular illustrator for the fabulous Elle magazine; Illustrating a Xmas brochure for Harpers Bazaar and Cosmopolitan Singapore; Producing illustrations for Citizen K magazine in Paris…need I add more?  Well I would except there’s a champagne glass winking at me.

I see no reason for the fabulousness to stop now, so I’m running full tilt into 2014.  I wish you all the very best of years, luck, and everything that rocks your world.

X

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I’m not a fan of Xmas songs of any kind so I can’t recall if that song says it does or doesn’t matter if you’ve been naughty or nice…so to be sure I covered bases and have been both.

So come on Santa, it’s Xmas morning and my arms are a little too empty.

Spanks.

Admittedly the horse has already bolted on ordering portraits to delight others on Xmas morning, but you can always marvel in what you could have given… or slide in under the gate (my personal favourite) by giving a gift certificate!  And for the lovers of four-legged friends, I also draw pets.  Just sayin’

For a touch of glamour and art for your walls, you could also consider checking out my brand new Etsy store!  Where you will find tasty treats like this…

According to my latest fragrance illustration for Elle magazine, it’s all about black.  Nowhere more-so than in Melbourne, where for once we don’t have to feel out of step for wearing head-to-toe black in December.  We’re not just wearing black because we’re cool (and of course us Melbournites are), we’re wearing it to absorb every possible ounce of warmth should the sun show its face.  We’re wearing it because we mourn.

Summer – the season Melbourne forgot.

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I’m pretty sure everyone in the neighbouring suburbs heard me screaming expletives last Friday when I ripped the December issue of Elle magazine Australia out of the postman’s hands, peeled open the back page as I flew down the hallway to pop the kettle on…and saw someone else’s name credited as the illustrator.  Let’s just say I bypassed the stove and went straight to the liquor shelf…

The illustrations, the writing, the layout… mine, mine, MINE!!

Thank you.