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J'adore la vie Denise Van Outen

Karina Bondareva

Alexander McQueen recreated with another stunning online live drawing class

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LINDY DUNBAR

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An interview with our artist of the month

FEP Fashion events productions

DEJA VU ISSUE 08 JUNE 2021

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D eja Vu...

Deja Vu or already seen, this issue celebrates culture, fashion, art and talent in its most pure form. The undying fire of the artist who was waiting for the world to restart so they can go back out into the world again. In the week this magazine went in for print, events in the UK restarted, and here you find J’adore La Vie - a talented cabaret duo performing at Proud Cabaret, and Karina Bondareva, a final year student who inspired by one of the most iconic looks from McQueen took on a mission to recreate his work. We feature some of our favourite fashion designers and illustrators, we celebrate 52 weeks with Drawing Cabaret Couture, and interview Lindy Dunbar - our artist of the month.

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DRAWING CABARET COUTURE 28

LINDY DUNBAR

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GENT

DANDI YAN NEO PORTRAIT MODERN BEAUTY

ENTS 52

WE ARE FEP

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MIA SHAN J'ADORE LA VIE

DENISE VAN OUTEN

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Alejandro Gomez

Credits Styling: Angel Grave @ angelgrave_official Colectivo Creativo De Moda @colectivocreativodemoda Makeup Artist: Olivier Casias @ oliviercasias Models: Julia Aardon Theo Lefoll Mirko Kraljevic Assistant: Henry Boyle @henry.boyle.fce

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Model: Julia Ardon @juliaa_ardon Makeup Artist: Olivier Casias @ oliviercasias

Assistant: Henry Boyle Ampudia @ henry.boyle.fce Agency: Paragon Model Management @ paragonmodelm

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Credits Makeup Artist: Olivier Casias @oliviercasias Styling: @theolefoll Colectivo Creativo de Moda @colectivocreativodemoda Modeling Agency:New Icon Models @newiconmodels Model: @theolefoll Sunglasses: Rendel @rendelparis

Credits Styling: Colectivo Creativo de Moda @colectivocreativodemoda Fashion design: Angel Grave @angelgrave_official Makeup Artist: Olivier Casias @oliviercasias Assistant: Henry Boyle @henry.boyle.fce Model: Julia Ardon @juliaa_ardon

Credits

A SUNDAY LIVE DRAWING SESSION WITH

DRAWING CABARET COUTURE Drawing Cabaret Couture was created by model and professional dancer Janet Mayer and artist & set designer Matthew Lawrence. Together they work with some of the finest fashion creatives to bring these fabulous art classes to life online. Matthew designs and builds the most dynamic sets to accompany the designer featured that week whilst Janet with her androgynous poses and flexible movements bring the designers garments alive. All to a carefully planned themed soundtrack as well as narrative promoting the designer and creatives involved. The classes have already gained a huge global following of professional artists illustrators as well as those who simply just want to immerse themselves in this unique new drawing experience. When taking part in a two-hour art class online you will emerge yourselves into a fresh and fantasy world letting go of preconceptions with focus on colours and shapes whilst taking inspiration from this incredible visual experience. By taking part in such creativity it is both relaxing and meditative and leaves you feeling a sense of content after the class. We do a editorial photo shoot after each class of which we can allow you to have the images also for your publication.

Creativity plays a huge part in well being and many of the artists feedback is about how these classes are helping with their own mental wellbeing. Classes start at £10 per ticket or you can join their monthly Patreon with reasonable subscription prices from just £15 per month for unlimited weekly classes. They even offer gift cards which make excellent presents for those unique gift ideas.

Drawing Cabaret Couture is an online Fashion Gallery and independent life drawing production company based in London. Creating Haute Couture performative drawing classes and immersive art events across the globe.

If you thought that live drawing is a thing of the past - think again. Thanks to Zoom, Drawing Cabaret Couture brings the experience of having fun, relaxing, and improving your art skills straight to your living room, so you never have to leave your brushes to dry again, and not even a global pandemic can stop you from creating amazing art. Janet and Matthew go above and beyond when it comes to building their sets and working with inspiring designers and artists. Supporting them on Patreon would give you access to all of their classes for the month. Most of the time their classes are scheduled to run in the morning, and then later in the evening again, which means it is really flexible so you do not have to compromise and miss on an incredible class. And if you are like me, I usually like to be in my own shell hiding away and never really showing my work to anyone, don't worry, while many artists would show off their work at the end of the stream, you can have your camera switched off so you can feel free from the pressure of having other people look at your art.

Karina Bondareva McQueen Recreated

The live drawing session I attended was inspired by Alexander McQueen.The artist Karina Bondareva took up on a challenge to recreate the iconic Horn of Plenty red dress only using ''a bunch of felt, insulation tape, paperclips, and hot glue'. The creative team brought this incredible dress to life through their lighting expertise, the model's poses, and the high quality camera they use to capture the model and all the important details, which truly make you feel like you are in the same room.

I was really impressed by the head piece and sleeves created using pins and foil, and I thought that the way the dress folded on itself and showcased all the wonderful patch work was quite brilliant. I was really excited to see Karina’s work for the first time and I would love to follow her journey in the future. She is a final year student at Central Saint Martins. She has had the media attention on her since last Summer when she participated in a challenge recreating red carpet looks, and she recreated a spectacular red dress entirely out of red paper only using glue. You can find her work on her Instagram @thisisbykarina At the end of the Zoom stream, artists get to show off their work to others, and here we have selected our favourite pieces of this stream, along with an interview at the end of our artist of the month - Lindy Dunbar.

Anna Carlyle @annacarlyle_draws

'Reduced' 30x30cm, monotype and digital

'Remade' 30x30cm monotype and digital

Anna Lewis @annalewisjewellery

'Seat' A3 ink and graphite

'Over' A3 acrylic and pen

Beth Nash @bethnashart

11x14 digital

Elly Azizian @fashion.strokes

Eva Kelly @evakellyillustrations

A4 watercolour

Fiona Coleman @fiona_coleman_1

30x30cm charcoal and pen

Jean Warner @jean_warner_art

'Heiswoman' digital

42x59cm

'Reward'

Kelly Bailey @kelly_bailey_illustration

59x42cm

Khrystyna Baraba @barabanova_artist

Watercolour 24x32cm 'Curved red robe' 42x30cm acrylic and pastel

Watercolour 29x41cm

Lindy Dunbar @lindydunbar

'Seated' 42x60cm acrylic and pastel 23

Loretta Tedeschi-Cuoco @art_ltc

'Rustle' 11x8.5inches acrylic and marker

'Titanium' 11x8.5inches acrylic and marker

Maksim Koloskov @supermalevich

28x25cm watercolour

Su @Rogner5th

A5 Watercolour and ink A5 Watercolour and ink

Sun Docherty @sundocarts

28x35.5cm ink and watercolour

Ted Michalowski @tedmichalowski

14x17inches Kaluminum

14x17inches Kaluminum reclining

Teresa Reinalda

Watercolour, gouache and mechanical pencil

Tula Parker @tulaparker.artist

'Poised' 20x25cm pencil and digital

'Recreation in red' 20x20cm ink and pencil

Vanessa Lawrence @vanessalawrencexx

29.7x42cm pastel on paper

ARTIST

OF THE MONTH

LINDY DUNBAR an interview.

Selected by Drawing Cabaret Couture

Lindy Dunbar is an incredibly talented artist from Sussex. She paints and draws straight from real life which allows her to capture emotion and motion. She has been selected in many art exhibitions over the past 15 years, some of which include Nicholas Bowlby, Star Brewery Gallery, GNT Gallery, Affordable Art Fair in London and she has seen her work printed by John Lewis since 2009.

1/ Tell us a bit about your one to look at your own work with background. Are you self- fresh eyes. Later I completed a BA taught or did you study art? Hons studying art history with the Open University whilst teaching as I studied art at a teacher training I wanted to understand the founcollege with music as my subsid- dations of paintings to strengthen iary subject. I have always been my own. entranced by the human form and movement. I taught art in schools and also tutor alongside creating and exhibiting my own work. After many cancellations this year, I am 2/ How did you develop an excited to be exhibiting with my interest in art? son [who lives in Sweden] Joseph Davey from 16th-25th July in The It’s hard to remember a time when Crypt Gallery, Seaford, Sussex, UK. I wasn’t interested in art and I can’t Tutoring is intriguing as it enables imagine this fascination palling 28

'Filigreed' ink & pastel 40x30cm 29

3/ What is your favourite medium to work with? If it’s a longer study oils wear the crown! For works on paper, I use a variety of media such as pastels, acrylic, ink [often with a roughly broken stick to keep a sense of adventure], torn brown paper as a basis for a portrait or figure in motion. I like to try and keep the work alive.

'Seated within Blue' pastel.40/30cm. 'Zoe's Zenith’ pastel&gouache.60/42cm. 5/ What inspires you and do you have a muse?

People! Especially dancers and acrobats whilst in motion if possible where there is a flow and energy. Janet with Drawing Cabaret Couture has excelled in this. Colour is so uplifting, and 4/ What is the piece of work you are life continually provides new exhilarating most proud of? combinations of colour. Hopefully the next piece I create. But here are 3 examples: ‘Repose’ oil on canvas, 50/70cm.

Some of the artists that inspire me include Degas, Jenny Saville, Egon Schiele, Peter Doig and Käthe Kollwitz. 'Repose' oil on canvas 50x70cm

'Seated within Blue' pastel 40x30cm

6/ Walk us through your painting process. Before this strange year I would have a model in front of me either in a drawing group or the luxury of a model to myself in my studio. Now, of necessity, I have discovered zoom and the new challenges it brings whilst creating a new way of working. I would like to thank Drawing Cabaret Couture for the magic they have brought to Zoom. I select the media that relates best to the figure/face. Recently, in a 3 minute quick pose with a life model full figure or portrait, I have speedily torn some brown paper to focus on the direction of the body, then add charcoal maybe and a swish of colour either in pastel, ink or acrylic. The serendipity of how various media react with each other can be a delight and of course at times not quite so delightful. Alternatively perhaps intense sticks on their side with water added to attempt to portray the flow of 'Zoe's Zenith' pastel & gouache 60x42cm a costume. 'Dancing Sleeves' ink & wash 42x60cm

'Carnival One' acrylic on canvas 92x122cm

I like to switch between wet and dry media. An oil portrait would begin with quick thumbnail sketches in charcoal to decide on the composition then working on the canvas initially with thin oil whilst trying to keep things alive. 7/ What is a piece of advice which you believe helped you establish yourself in the industry? Keep your work fresh and keep searching within a drawing or painting. 'Tumbling' oil on canvas 30x30cm

GENT LONDON The vision of GENT is quite simple. GENT London aims to harness the vibrancy of international art and combine it with iconic fashion. Working together with talented street, modern and contemporary artists from around the world to rework classical pieces and bring a unique vision to the streets. Customising clothing isn’t something new, however especially in the past year, many had the opportunity to read and learn more about sustainability and become more environmentally aware. All the pieces you find on GENT’s website are vintage and have been the canvas for the work of some really talented artists, which means you get to choose a unique piece and help the environment at the same time.Everything is upcycled with new adornments such as replacement buckles, updated stitching, and the inclusion of serialised holograms.

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PORTRAIT MODERN BEAUTY

An exclusive interview with the founder of the brand.

1.What made you start your own skincare brand? I was fascinated by our everyday beauty routine. It is a calm, slow moment of the day where we have the opportunity to find clarity and rethink about our lives in our busy daily schedules. Every morning, I try to obtain the best version of myself whilst in the bathroom. I felt that there weren’t products out there that could enhance our look in the most minimal natural way. I only found that beauty products either existed for women or men with a very strong product development for that market, but not so much makeup/skincare that truly geared towards both genders. I wanted to ultimately create products that had a natural look with an incredible efficacy, and was embracing everyone regardless of what sex they were and where they came from.

2.Tell us a bit about Portrait Modern Beauty. Portrait is a modern unisex skincare and makeup brand based in London, UK. We are inspired by an aim to create unisex skincare & makeup that are approachable and suitable for everyone. We focus on a beauty that is minimal, light and discreet yet naturally sophisticated, for people to be slightly enhanced to bring about the extra glow to their day. Our formulas are inspired by natural habitats with a sunny tropical climate. The abundance of sun, seawaters and exotic winds that these plants absorb creates a healing source of vitamins, minerals, positive energy and all round rejuvenation. All of which, brings about a mindful healing component to our everyday serene morning and evening routine. This stems from the holistic calm environment these plants are surrounded by, in which we assimilate into our skin, mindset and actions. We found that simple precious plants from mother nature were purely extraordinary for the skin, composing of invaluable elements that have been used as part of ancient beauty for centuries.

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3. Are you currently working on more products? We will be launching a face sun tan lotion, which will bring a beautiful golden skin to the fore along with tropical plant goodness. We can’t wait!

4. What is your favourite ingredient from Portrait Modern Beauty and why? I have to say the pineapples used in our serum. We extract them from the tropical coasts off the gulf of southern Thailand where they are naturally grown in the basking sunny weather. Its such a simple ingredient, yet powerfully magical at the same time.

5. Where can people find you online? All of our products can be bought online at www.portraitmodernbeauty.com. We ship worldwide!

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A fashion PR and Events consultancy that specialises in taking fashion brands international We Are FEP a creative production company with a strong PR division was formed by Becky Mullins and Michael Byrne, in 2018. Becky who has a long career in the fashion industry and Michael who is from a technical background offer a 360 approach to emerging designers, with everything in House. They work with Emerging designers on branding sales and marketing mentoring and guiding them to develop and grow their brands into successful businesses this includes offering shoot production creating content to build the brand including look books, ecommerce and campaigns, representing creatives in house such as photographers, videographers, stylists, hair and makeup artists as well as models or casting for the right models if they do not have them. Creative Director Becky Mullins a shoot producer and art director works with the team to put the whole concept together, assisted by their fabulous team. We Are FEP PR division is strong representing emerging brands and working for the brands to achieve global exposure with PR, and sales placing brands in uk and internationally.

As well as shoot production We Are FEP produce events for brands including press launches, pop ups and fashion shows and presentations, where Technical Director Michael Byrne oversees all lighting sound and set build requirements working with some of the best teams in the uk. Representing performers to make events unique such as Bow Balearic beat a trio of DJ and two electronic violinists and jadore La Vie a fashion cabaret couture act who have worked for Fenty Beauty, Harrods and walked in the final Jean Paul Gaultier Paris fashion show.

We Are FEP recently launched their celebrity and influencer division representing Denise Van Outen for event bookings and personal appearances alongside fashion and beauty influencers with plans to develop this division.

With the Covid pandemic and events stopping Becky and Michael were quick to adapt at the start of Lockdown partnering with one of the best AV Technical Production companies who service the UK, Europe, Asia and UAE. A white label platform EVENT@ has been created, which can be branded as each client wishes, the streaming offering can display live or pre-recorded content along with advertisement breaks for sponsor content. Live streaming can be on location at events of from one of their numerous studios across the globe and all managed inhouse. A Bolt on to the EVENT@ platform called EVENTalytics, was also created which tracks each viewer's movements across the platform giving realtime analysis and data for sponsors in easy to read metrics.”

We Are FEP recently partnered with Emerging Talents Milan, a high end independent agency with a platform offering a runway show, presentation and showroom in Milan but also offering a place where industry professionals - journalists, stylists, buyers, bloggers can all meet in person with the designers and their team to grow their business. Emerging talent Milan offers seminars, and master classes as well as target oriented world class events. As partners with the same visions and values as We Are FEP working closely together as a strong collaboration to support emerging designers globally, With We Are FEP planning to launch the London platform in Feb 2022 for emerging designers.

We Are FEP offer full support from branding, sales, marketing, PR and content creation with shoot production, as well as producing unique event experiences and runway shows and installations. Guiding the emerging designer with their mentoring to develop brands into successful businesses. Contact them to see how they could help your brand grow.

For all enquiries email: enquiries@wearefep.com For branding, business, strategy, and PR email: pr@wearefep.com

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MIASHAN Miashan is a luxury couture fashion brand inspired by twin sisters Amelia (Mia) and Shushana (Shana) and their passion for fashion. With collections in evening wear, ready to wear, and beautiful lingerie, this ladies’ couture brand brings style, elegance and sophistication, looking to empower women and help the modern woman embody her inner goddess. Miashan uses authentic and original designs all manufactured in the uk, with footwear manufactured in Milan.

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J'adore la vie J’Adore La Vie is a high end cabaret & couture duo act providing only the best in luxury entertainment fusing dance, burlesque and immersive theatre. Established in Paris, residing in London this charming duo is inspired by high fashion influences, showcasing bespoke hand made costumes that emulate haute couture and Avant-garde designs.

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J’Adore La Vie – The Acts J’Adore La Vie has a whole range of creative acts which will entertain from high end classic showgirl, Burlesque, Aerial chains performances, Aerial hoop with contempory ballet, classical ballet pointe performances to themed performances from popular eras and cultures such as 70’s Disco, 80’s flash dance, Vaudeville, and Japanese stilt and fire acts. J’adore La Vie will also work with clients to create bespoke performances.

J’Adore La Vie have performed for many high end Fashion and beauty clients. Including Hellavagirl, Vin + Omi, Temperley, Marc Jacobs, Charlotte Tilbury, Harrods, Windsor Castle, Vidal Sassoon and Paul Stafford hair and walked for Jean Paul Gaultier final show in Paris. Creating beautiful performances to make memorable experiences.

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The Girls JANET MAYER - was born in

Shrewsbury, England and was raised on a farm in the Shropshire countryside. She went on to start her professional training as a dancer at the age of 16 after receiving a scholarship at The Hammond School Chester. In 2010 she graduated with a National Diploma in professional dance, and later graduated from Middlesex University London with a BA Honours in Professional Practice of the Arts. Since then she has began an outstanding performance career, her talents have taken her all over the world performing on Cruise Ships, Casinos, Festivals, International Tours, Music Videos, Commercials, TV Shows, Live Theatrical Performances, and Trade/ Corporate events.

performance, TV and runway shows including Jean Paul Gaultier, The Brit awards, Windsor castle, Stella McCartney, British Vogue and British and Paris fashion week

AMI BENTON - is a trained pro-

fessional dancer, agency model, performing artist and sustainable stylist. She is also co creator of J’adore La vie, a high fashion cabaret company. Ami had trained in all dance styles including contemporary, tap, jazz, hip hop freestyle and Vogue in which she is a part of the Royal house of Milan within the London Ballroom scene. Working within the fashion and entertainment industry for 8 years, Ami has gained huge credits from live 65

J’Adore La Vie are represented by We Are FEP to enquire about bookings on shoots or their services as performers PR@WEAREFEP.COM

J’adore La Vie at Proud Embankment J’Adore La Vie are now performing at a new residency every Friday and Saturday night at Proud Embankment, as part of the ‘Cabaret All stars’ hosted by Denise Van Outen.

J’adore la Vie Chicago package with Denise Van Outen J’Adore La Vie have teamed up with the artist Denise Van Outen who hosts and performs at the ‘Cabaret All Stars’ at Proud Embankment, to create a fabulous package of songs sung by Denise from the hit musical Chicago whilst J’Adore La vie perform stunning choreographed dances to accompany Denise’s performance. J’Adore La Vie and Denise can also create a bespoke performance to fit your event.

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