as an art school dropout and graphic designer, i’m always going out of my mind for wicked fashion ads which incorporate quality fashion illustrations. to me, a good fashion illustration will make clothes look even more ethereal and wondrous than any model could ever attempt. i’m talking about the latest issue of Vogue‘s 16 page spread of stunning works by Cuban artist, Ruben Toledo for Nordstrom featuring Andrew Gn, Pierre Hardy, Lanvin, Vera Wang, Missoni, Burberry Prorsum (with an adorable likeness of Agyness Deyn), Alexander McQueen, Zac Posen, Peter Som, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Valentino, and Christian Louboutin. i bought the 840 page bible and never got past the fiftieth page! look at these!!!
literally stunning. i’m sorry my scanner is on the fritz so i was forced to use a camera which, in combination with the reflective metallic silver paper they were printed on, made it very difficult to capture the detail and did them no justice. but i couldn’t resist prettying up my precious blog with their (albeit, overexposed) splendour. bask, ladies, bask. or even better, pick up the (biggest EVER) September issue. it’s worth the $5 on account of the ginormousness.
yeaaaaaah i definitely spent some hours immersed in that issue.
I have absolutely adored Toleds’ works for years! Great post!
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I’m so glad to find this pic!
I really need it for my project, so I’m so appreciate about this posting.
Thank you so much
Hello~
I too think that Ruben Toledo’s work is Beautiful. I have a framed and matted piece that he did from the burberry collection for Nordstrom 07′/08′ collection. The specific piece I have is actually above on your website called ‘Burberry Prorsum”. I am actually selling it…didn’t know what to sell it for so I googled Ruben toledo and your page came up. Maybe you could help me price it or are interested in it yourself.
please email me at jomama1629@yahoo.com if you think you could be of assisstance. Thank you-Johanna
[...] or beauty ad ? I love Ruben Toledo’s illustrations for Nordstrom last year. I did a post (Fashion is nothing without art : Ruben Toledo for Nordstrom) about it when it came out and this week a woman who owns one of the original pieces contacted me [...]
Toledo is one of my favorite artists. I have framed a few of his works from the Nordstrom 07′/08′ collection as well.
I love Ruben Toledo’s illustrations. I don’t know how I missed that vogue issue.
where can I find more. I actually framed several pictures from a lancome calender they gave out at norstroms with his illustrations.