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Fashion Journal: Day 27

By Wendy | Published: October 19, 2011
Buy print | Featured on à la mode My original outfit: Oh yes, I sported the China doll / Louise Brooks haircut back in the day! And I quite like it worn with my black Peter Pan collar shirt with white stripes, green mini-skirt with white stripes (actually a child’s x-large skirt scoured from a [...]
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Fashion Journal: Day 26

By Wendy | Published: October 18, 2011
Buy print | Featured on à la mode My original outfit: I’m wearing a purple headband with white polka dots, teal sports jacket, purple shorts, gold leggings, grey socks with white frills, and mint sneakers. I wore this to play tennis (poorly) once although the gold leggings weren’t part of the original getup. Reinterpretation: Due [...]
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Photos: Sketching at Boobyball 2011

By Wendy | Published: October 17, 2011
The lovely Ainsley Kerr of Rethink Breast Cancer (whose portrait I sketched at TIFF last month) kindly invited me to sketch portraits of guests at Boobyball Toronto. It’s an annual fundraiser gala for breast cancer awareness and this year marks the charity’s 10th anniversary. With the theme of “a 10-year-old’s birthday party”, everything was pretty [...]
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Fashion Journal: Day 25

By Wendy | Published: October 3, 2011
Buy print | Featured on à la mode My original outfit: It’s monochrome day! I’m stepping out in a grey headband, blue plaid shirt under a blue cropped knit vest, high-waisted blue and white polka dot shorts, thigh-high grey socks, and blue and white striped peep-toe wedges. Reinterpretation: The inspiration here is the first ladies’ [...]
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I’m in “Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration”

By Wendy | Published: October 2, 2011
I’m so honoured to be one of the many talented illustrators published in “Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration” by Martin Dawber! An even bigger honour is to be in the same book as illustrators I admire such as Danielle Meder, Charline Chua, Shingo Shimizu, Marguerite Sauvage and many more. The book is available at [...]
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Fashion Journal: Day 24

By Wendy | Published: September 28, 2011
Buy print | Featured on à la mode My original outfit: Not only am I a fan of Imogen Heap’s music, I also adore her fashion sense. Always unique and delightful in floral prints, voluminous skirts and warm hues, she’s the inspiration behind this look. I’m wearing a beige shirt with shiny shoulder embellishments, a [...]
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Photos: Sketching at Epique Lounge

By Wendy | Published: September 26, 2011
Above: He asked me to draw lipstick marks all over! Wish I had thought of it. I’ve been doing lots of on-site portrait sketching gigs lately! These are the latest from Saturday, September 24 at Epique Lounge in Yorkville, Toronto. I was (gladly) hired last minute to sketch at a private birthday function. It was [...]
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Photos: Sketching at Shop Til You Drop 2011

By Wendy | Published: September 22, 2011
What a night it was sketching at LOULOU magazine’s Shop ‘Til You Drop 2011! I was at Banana Republic (Yorkville location) in Toronto drawing portraits of shoppers as part of an in-store flash sale event. I literally didn’t rest for a second save for one washroom jaunt as there were non-stop line ups around the [...]
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Fashion Journal: Day 23

By Wendy | Published: September 20, 2011
Buy print | Featured on à la mode My original outfit: This outfit was styled around the navy sweater I picked up from a vintage shop in LA. I found the DIY-esque slashing of this 90′s graphic style Disney shirt too funny and enigmatic to resist. Underneath I’m wearing a chartreuse body con dress, pink [...]
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Fashion Journal: Day 22

By Wendy | Published: September 18, 2011
Buy print | Featured on à la mode My original outfit: I fondly wore this outfit to high tea with my friend Yien one afternoon. I’m decked out in a canary yellow jacket with rabbit fur trim, blue floral babydoll dress, a single turquoise hair bow clip, pearls, white stockings and the trusty brogues again. [...]
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