"For Miami, I did yellow daisies, and for Vegas, because it is a desert, I did cactus blossoms mixed with some thistle plants, these spikey, beautiful purple plants. “I specifically was drawing a couple of the handbags so mine are very much fashion illustrations, while some of the other are a bit more abstract, capturing the mood and spirit of the collection," she explains. She captured a range of flowers from each location that she placed alongside images of the Studio Bags. Courtesy Salvatore FerragamoĪlthough Karman works as both an illustrator and a painter, this project called only for her drawing skills. It is really helpful to be able to work digitally.” One of the limited edition Studio bags, as part of the Tuscan Wildflower pre-autumn collection, by Salvatore Ferragamo. “I always sketch digitally, but in my overall work process as an artist I do paint by hand as well as on paper and canvas," she explains. "But on something like this with such a quick turnaround, I need to have flexibility with the client, to change things. With research in hand, Karman began sketching out ideas, sharing them with the fashion label as she went. And it’s always really interesting to me, I just love to know about that sort of thing and I love to see how distinct how each places plants are, they are also different.” I have done a series of wildflowers local to California before, so I already have my websites and references I can look at and find that sort of thing. “Ferragamo assigned me the three locations, but I did my own research on the local wildflowers in each, which is something I was already interested in. “We each did different pieces, so we weren’t collaborating with each other, but I think we all brought our own distinctive style to the piece, in terms of different elements and different concepts," Karman explains over Zoom from Los Angeles. For the artwork for Miami, Bijou Karman used the beach daisy and palm tree's to show off the tote bag. While the French artist Lucas Beaufort was given Cannes, and Brazilian Papi was given Rio de Janeiro, as the sole American in the group, it was only logical that Karman was handed Miami, the desert town of Las Vegas and the island of Hawaii. To showcase each location, Ferragamo also created a limited edition series involving its Studio Bag, now covered in illustrations of wildflowers, and with a strap spelling out a place. The project Ferragamo enlisted the artists for is called Dream to Travel. Hatched during the most static days of the pandemic lockdown, Ferragamo decided that if we could not travel in body, we could certainly travel in mind, and asked the artists to pay homage to eight locations scattered across the globe.Ĭapri, Forte dei Marmi, Marbella, Cannes, Miami, Las Vegas, Hawaii and Rio de Janeiro were all chosen, and each artist was assigned one or more places as a theme. The Las Vegas artwork created by Bijou Karman, with cactus flowers and retro signs, as part of the Tuscan Wildflowers pre-autumn collection by Salvatore Ferragamo. Named after the French word for jewellery ("my parents wanted a unique name and went into a French dictionary and landed on Bijou," she explains) it seems fitting that Karman would have an eye for design. And her colourful, vintage-inspired images are both exuberantly upbeat and beautifully executed. The final name on that list was Los Angeles fashion illustrator and artist with the poetic moniker of Bijou Karman. Also involved was Boree Hur, the South Korean painter, and the Italian collective Art Media Studio. Courtesy Salvatore Ferragamoįerragamo approached French painter Lucas Beaufort, Spanish sculptor Diego Cadezas, and Brazilian painter and illustrator, Marina Papi. The artwork for Hawaii, created by Bijou Karman featuring the Studio bag and red and yellow hibiscus flowers. ![]() It is an area close to the heart of the brand, as it was in Florence that the company was founded in 1927. ![]() ![]() To celebrate its pre-autumn 2021 capsule collection, the Italian house of Salvatore Ferragamo reached out to six artists around the world.Ĭalled Tuscan Wildflowers, the collection is based on the flowers of the Italian region of Tuscany, of which Florence is the capital.
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