Sunday, January 16, 2011

Illustrations by Zulekha Lakeca



[all images by Zulekha Lakeca]

Zulekha Lakeca is a young British fashion illustrator I stumbled across when I was looking for information on Connie Lim. Sometimes, a wrong turn in Googleland takes you to a very right place.

This fashion design grad wanted to use everyday objects to create illustrations for her final project at Birmingham City University, and she went with collage, ink and Photoshop to create these hauntingly beautiful images. Zulekha says her collection is inspired by inner emotions and they way one dresses to express a particular mood.









What drew me Zulekha's work was the detail in each and every illustration, giving them a brocade-like appearance. Is it sacrilege to say the patterns remind me a bit of McQueen's final collection? She may not be producing these fantasy garments, but Zulekha's imagination speaks for itself.
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26 comments:

  1. FrancaJanuary 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    These are amazing!

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  2. stylenuggetsJanuary 16, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    I think she's on to something fantastic. What talent

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  3. StaceyJanuary 16, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    Really unique!!

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  4. Lee OliveiraJanuary 17, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    I haven't heard of her before Marisa but she is very gifted..
    I must go and dig a bit more about her work
    Lee x

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  5. Diana MieczanJanuary 17, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    Those are truly incredible and creative:) I love unique stuff like that. Hope you had a relaxing weekend,sweetie
    Kisses

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  6. A.n.EJanuary 17, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    These collage/drawings are AMAZING! So much detail and texture, intricately layered. Thanks for sharing your discoveries!

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  7. MarisaJanuary 17, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Gorgeous and very unique!!

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  8. UnknownJanuary 17, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    oh and PS i'm insanly jealous u know Priscilla Ahn personally!!!! - LOVE her!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    The detail in these illustrations is phenomenal. I wish I had that imagination! You always stumble across little gems like this. Thanks for sharing! xx

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  10. the Citizen RosebudJanuary 17, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    Stunning.
    I do collage and can appreciate the detailing of these gorgeous illustrations. Absolute WOW.

    thank you for sharing. You're introduced me to someone I now want to learn more about. -Bella Q
    http://thecitizenrosebud.com

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  11. kJanuary 17, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    That photo is crazy interesting...love it.

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  12. NoelaniJanuary 17, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    Stunning goodies, thanks for sharing! If I ever get back into my creative spirit I would love to start a collage project like this. I have always wanted to work things from print in with photos of my own. So little time, so many big ideas....

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  13. Michelle SchraudnerJanuary 17, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    Oh wow, this is so gorgeous! Love it!

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  14. JessJanuary 17, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    What a great idea for a final project! So intriguing.

    xo

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  15. BonBon Rose Girls KristinJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Wow. What an incredible talent!

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  16. STYLE'NJanuary 17, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    wow how colorful and interesting. I love it when you just stumble onto great sites and content : )
    naina

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  17. UnknownJanuary 18, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    this illustration is so interesting. love it. following you :) great blog!

    http://style-fiesta.blogspot.com/

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  18. this free birdJanuary 18, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    These are beautiful. I'd love to have one framed for a wall in my office!

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  19. LakecaJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    thank you to all

    +this free bird you can buy my work from http://www.redbubble.com/people/lakeca

    this really mean alot to me thank you

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  20. Punctuation MarkJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    that is reallly cool... very talented girl!

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  21. SABINNA and DAVIDJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    wow, like this illustrations a lot!! great!

    xx, Sabinna and David

    broken-cookies.blogspot.com

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  22. SABINNA and DAVIDJanuary 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    no, I am studying fashion design :)thanks, I think we should follow each other :)

    xx, Sabinna and David

    broken-cookies.blogspot.com

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  23. SABINNA and DAVIDJanuary 18, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    great :) you can check out some of my work on our blog aswell, for example in these posts:

    http://broken-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/12/white-project.html
    http://broken-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/10/sabinnas.html
    http://broken-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/10/words-behind-back.html
    http://broken-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/09/age-special-part-1.html
    http://broken-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/09/age-special-part-2.html

    ans there are some more fashion works on my facebook page, you can find the link to my facebookpage under "contact" on 'breoken cookies' :)
    have a lovely day!

    xx, Sabinna and David

    broken-cookies.blogspot.com

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  24. ariJanuary 21, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    wow! great discovery! these illustrations are beyond amazing! love the fact that theya are made up of mixed media ( looks like it) so interesting! thx for sharing darling Xx
    ari

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  25. theappleteaJanuary 21, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    so cool!!! impressive :)

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  26. J.J.January 21, 2011 at 5:12 AM

    whadya mean by well-appointed? je suis le confused

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