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HERE WE GOtogether

HERE WE GOtogether

Meline Katchi

A collection of my

peronAl drAwings

creAted And hidden for mAny yeArs.

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Credits stylingKate rose Morris PhotograPhyKristin ViCari ModelZhanna e at FM Models MaKe UPCiara o’shea Using deCleor and ellis Faas hairteddy MitChell Using Kiehls nailssoPhie harris–greensladeshoot loCation223 ClUbshoesKat MaConieWebsite Keith baKer at ForMandCUe aW 12/13ss 12aW 11/12ss 11

the teatUM Jones WoMan is eFFortlessly ChiC and UnCoMProMisingly nonChalant. she is draWn to the label

autum/Winter 13’

Naturally teatUM Jones

Press release: “reFined, elegant and Ultra FeMinine Midi silhoUettes that harK to a bygone hollyWood era are throWn oUt oF Context With the in-JeCtion oF a ChildliKe PerCePtion oF sCale and ColoUr.”

autum/Winter 13’

13’ autum / Winter

04 Man sandal

Spatially angled

Take a boW

05 illUstrate

This amazing structural jacket inspired the drawings below

Naturally ProenZa

ProenZa sChoUler is deFined by its FUsion oF CraFtsManshiP and atten-tion to detail With a sense oF re-Fined ease. insPiration draWn FroM ConteMPorary art and yoUth CUl-tUre is CoMbined With an eMPhasis on tailoring and the Use oF CUstoM deVeloPed FabriCs.

05 ProenZa

Tieared & angled

Are these pages from your sKetChbooK..?

steP

Are these pages from your sKetChbooK..? Analog sketches in Prismacolor/ Sharpie marker

steP

Wonderfully WhiMsiCal

&

08 ballerina

Personal sketchbook notes and drawingsMany of these fine art/ fashion images become the inspiration for

my interior related skethes. The forms are so refreshing and unique every time.

“A work of Art goes

through mAny phAses of de-

velopment, but in eAch phAse

it is AlwAys A work of Art.

(therein lies the importAnce

of sketches.) A work of Art

is finished, from the point

of view of the Artist, when

feeling And perception hAve

resulted in A spirituAl syn-

thesis.” - hAns hofmAnn

Marian KEYS ONCE SAID“I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look

around in confusion and ask, “Where’d she go?” and I have to say, “I’m down here.”

08 UniQUe

shoe designer niCholas KirKWood has Created CatWalK shoes For designer inClUding ghost, John roCha, erdeM, rodarte and Pollini and Was a Finalist For the in-

nicholas Kirkwood

Wonderfully WhiMsiCal

11 UniQUe

draW

Its just some PaPerSometimes I draw on napkins of loose papers I find lieft behind on a desk.

These pieces have become some of my most treasured drawings.

draW

Opening CereMony

oPening CereMony brings together eMerging aMeriCan talent With both yoUng and established designers and artists FroM abroad. eaCh year,

10 raW hyde

So Many Shoes, so little tiMeTHIS COMPIlATION Of vARIOuS SHOE STYlES AND bRANDS CAN MAKE

ANY SHOE lOvER GIGGlE WITH jOY.

soFt

The softness of FoldsTHIS PARTICulAR DESIGN WAS CREATED

RIGHT ON THE vERY fOOT Of THE MODEl. TAlK AbOuT A PERfECT fIT

soFt

The drawings from my personal sketch-book are sometimes very technical and sometimes very comforting anf flirty. It is a space for me to just relax my mind and allow ideas to flow without criti-cism.

12 hand Made

The Way She looks is aMaZingTHESE EXAGGERATED SKETCHES AllOW fOR DRAMATIC fOOTWEAR SIl-

HOuETTES AND MATCHING COuTuRE DRESSES AS WEll

Folds of fabric create a sexy and unique look

19 CUstoM For yoU

A Touch of Evil, a

Vision oF abstraCtion

“fINDING THE RIGHT bAlANCE bETWEEN THE EDGY AND THE ElEGANT THE RAW AND THE bEAu-

TIful.”

Stina Persson has

line by line, sKetCh by sKetCh

see

line by line, sKetCh by sKetChWe see hand Illustrations using a variety of materials including watercolors, pencil,Meline

Katchi also has formal training in art and fashion.

see

16b hand Made

PinK and orangePUrPle and orange

yelloW and tUrQUoisedeeP red and broWn

Coral, tan and red

bright yelloW, PinK and Mint green

White, yelloW and Cobalt blUetUrQUoise, bUrnt orange and red

blaCK, White and red

bright orange, indigo PUrPle and PinK.

The Dress thte danCe

liKe

like it, or loVe It’s easy to believe in the idea of illustration as a tool for showing the

hidden beautiful side of the ordinary things.

liKe

16b hand Made

be bold & braVe“We’re perfectionists, personally and individually, so it is just in our nature to push ourselves and to grow something and keep a throughline.” Jack McCollough

Proenza Schouler the Patent

PinK and orangePUrPle and orangeyelloW and tUrQUoisedeeP red and broWnCoral, tan and red

Center console wraps up and flows down into the rear cabin

Center console wraps up and flows down into the rear cabin

Gauge which are touch screen & offer a sense of Augmented reality

“fashion Illustration has gone from be-ing one of the sole means of fashion com-munication to having a very minor role. The first photographic cover of Vogue was a watershed in the history of fashion illustration and a watershed mark of its decline. Photographs, no matter how al-tered or retouched, will always have some association with reality and by associa-tion truth. I like to think of them [fashion Illustrations] as prose poems and having more fictional narratives. They are more obviously filtered through an individual vision than photos. Illustration lives on, but in the position of a poor relative to the fashion.”

laird Borrelli, author of fashion Illustration

le Simple

18 le interVieW

It’s ChroMotheraPy Colors have different associations in different countries and cultures.

14 hand Made

“not only do Fash-ion illUstrations

shoW a rePresenta-tion or design oF a garMent bUt also serVed as a ForM

oF art.”

visual lUxUry

Fashion illUstration is the CoMMU-niCation oF Fashion that originates With illUstration, draWing & Paint-ing.

Drake, Nicolas. (1994). “fashion Il-lustration Today (Revised Edition),” Thames & Hudson ltd., london.

14 hand Made

“its the Fan-

tastiC World

oF Fash-ion &

16 hand Made

It’s ChroMotheraPy Colors have different associations in different countries and cultures.

for the fashion lov-ers & SINNERS

Creating MagiC With lines. Fashion insPires the energy to Create neW & Fresh FootWear silhoUettes. ex-treMe side VieWs Create a reFresh-ing neW Vision For Killer heels.

WalK

So Many Shoes, so little tiMeIt’s very important to explore various forms and shapes that are whimsical.

WalK

20 Creating

Take a steP

draWing innoVatiVe Fash-ion FootWear Can be aP-ProaChed as the art or PraC-tiCe oF shaPing FigUres or designs in the roUnd or in relieF. draWing in tWo-diMen-sion, JUst as one WoUld Chis-el Marble, Modeling Clay, or Casting in Metal.

alloW the PaPer to FUnCtion as a PlaygroUnd For yoUr art tools. Pri-Ma Color, Pen, MarKer, & graPhiC taPe Can be Used as MediUMs oF ChoiCe

So unique, its MUsiCal

So unique, its MUsiCal

26 iM here

Meline KatChi

THE uPPER DESIGN IS blENDED INTO THE HEEl AS WEll

le Simple

diVe

Double troUble Dive right in and don’t be afraid to let your imagination run free.

diVe

12 eleganCe

Experimental meets elegantCERTIAN SHAPES THAT lOOK IMPOSSIblE TO CREATE CAN bE DEvElOPED

by Using innoVatiVe Materials.

Kurven Chair is made of bent plywood, White oak veneer, and leather. it also features a fiberglass reinforcement. the leather seat can easily be attached or detached from the chair. it’s also backed with a canvas material to pre-vent stretching.

Meline Katchi

Fit

from Drawing, to designingMany times I take my drawings and use them as a underlay for creating #D Models

Fit

22

1920

in the ManiFesto gabo CritiCised CUbisM and FUtUrisM as not beCoMing FUlly abstraCt arts and stated that the sPiritUal exPerienCe Was the root oF artistiC ProdUCtion.

le Simple

a ‘realistic Manifesto’

25 stylish stePs

Take it or leaVe it

the ProPortion and stanCe oF these heels are aggressiVe yet ProteCtiVe For the Wearer.

Curved heels“THE HEElS CREATE A PERCEPTIoN of SPACE, TIME AND MoVEMENT. ‘

32 heels

Take it or leaVe it

Rythmic interiorIN fACT, THE ElEMENT of MoVEMENT IN My INTERIoR RESEMBlES

STRoNg SCulPTuRAl SENTIMENTS of RHyTHM, MoRE IMPlICIT AND DEEPER THAN THE CHAOTIC PATTERNS Of THE DRAWING ITSElf.

sexuality of the SHOE

“I didn’t need it [formal training], because I’ve got the best taste in the world.” -Manolo blahnik

looK

lets Get sMartmonochromotic palatte allows for the true deisngs of the shoe to be the highlight.

looK

100%hUManhair

CreatiVe, enthUsiastiC, dynaMiC and MotiVated is exaCtly What these shoes reFleCt.

15 hand Made

13a hand Made

InspirationFlorian doVilleZ hats

Experiment with balanCeCool DoESN’T go ouT of STylE

29 JUst the 2 oF Us

Sculpted to resemble structural, yet functional ready to wear heels

Drawing the Wedge

ConCaVe and ConVex sUrFaCes; the disCoVery and strength oF an inner/negatiVe sPaCe

12 sPaCe

bold & beaUtiFUlTo emphasize the form she uses matte monochrome colours.

Keys

RE_defined For the UserThe method of locking varies between models.

Keys

an eMPhasis on tailoring and the Use oF CUstoM deVel-oPed FabriCs.

proenza schouler 2011Ripe pomogranate

Dry sage

ruch plum

12 ProPortion

Drawing the heel

long live the WedgeImagination in this sense, not being limited to the acquisition of exact knowledge by the

requirements of practical necessity, is, up to a certain point, free from objective restraints.

12 iMagine

use your iMagination Taking objects from real perceptions, the imagination uses complex If-

functions to develop new or revised ideas.

37 ClassiC

Turning Keyson smart key systems like these, the driver needs only to walk up to the

car and the doors unlock automatically.

My thoughts exaCtly

MoVe

burned into my Mindfused deposition modeling (fDM) is used in traditional rapid prototyping

MoVe

41 doMinate

disCiPline in art is a

FUndaMental

strUggle to

Understand oneselF,

as MUCh as to

Understand What one

is draWing.

henry Moore

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