As part of Festival of Offers, Westfield Innaloo hosted a Live Art Installation featuring Perth fashion illustrators Pippa McManus and Kelly Coates of Mekel Illustration. The talented artists painted live in the centre, their subject; Samantha Jade from Westfield's AW14 Fashion campaign. It's fascinating to watch artists work, especially when they are two of my favourite fashion illustrators!
Read MoreMekel's WANDERLUST exhibition ran as part of Urban Couture 2014. Local fashion illustrator Kelly Coates' work always transports me to a world of fashion, flowing gowns and beautiful girls. Her dreamy use of the black pen and splash of watercolour is perfect. I now own two pieces from Mekel. A framed original of J.Mendel lime green couture gown from this exhibition which was a lovely belated birthday gift from Mr CK and a limited edition print from Mekel's Perth Fashion Festival exhibition last year.
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