Year of the Horse!

Just felt like celebrating the Chinese New Year the way I celebrate all things...... with a Fashion Illustration! I hope everyone has a great year ahead and if you're year of the horse, all the more power to you! With love in fashion, Bx

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Mrs Carter World Tour!

Had the best time seeing Beyonce at the Mrs Carter World Tour, Nov 5th at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre!

Her costumes were phenomenal as was her performance! She didn't disappoint!
I'm so grateful I got to share it with my best friend, it was outstanding!

These were my favourite costumes from the performance! I was really shocked by her cropped locks, but she carried it off well and was just as fierce as ever! x
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2014 Fashion Illustrated Calendars!

I finally bit the bullet and decided to create a 2014 Fashion Illustrated Calendar of my work over the years!

I've matched them up to appropriate months and had them printed on 200gsm gloss paper. They sold within the hour and were $15 + postage.

I'm really glad people like them and I might have to do a second batch! x

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Halloween/Dios de Los Muertos!

 I had some fun illustrating Dios de los Muertos! (Day of the Dead) and 'resurrected' an old BZ gown to wear to a friend's Halloween Party as 'La Catrina' from Los Muertos! Happy Halloween! x
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Wear it Purple Day & Daffodil Day Fashion Illustrations

I wanted to contribute something for Wear it Purple day (Aug 30th) and Daffodil Day (Aug 23rd) but couldn't think what I had to give. I couldn't but all the wrist bands in a shop, they were all sold out anyway. Having friends and family affected both by cancer and also to show my support for LGBTI young people by saying no to bullying based on sexuality or gender diversity. You have the right to be proud of who you are. So I thought I'd do two fashion illustrations for you, to give something to show my support for both days. facebook.com/BelindaZanelloFashion

Blank Canvas Winner - A Night of Fashion

I'm still seeing stars from Saturday night at Honda Present's A Night of Fashion at the Art Gallery.
For the Blank Canvas competition the theme was "Art + Fashion", garments to be made from calico and/or three additional fabrics.

The Blank Canvas comp was sponsored by Attitude Fashion Magazine and Cibo Espresso.
Made with calico and I was chosen to win by SA Art Gallery Director, Nick Mitzevich. I still can't believe it! Falling ill during the Hairspray costumes job made me have to quit a lot of other exhibitions and even a scholarship to Japan, I'd let go of other freelance jobs and my uni 5 week placement because I needed a month to recover for a month, however I couldn't bring myself to let go of this project. And I'm glad I didn't.

In total I spent around 50 hours working on the gown, including 5 toiles on the bodice alone, around 14-16 hours of hand sewing for the honeycomb pieces and around 10 metres of calico fabric was used. I owe my friends a lot of gratitude for their support through the whole journey, which I've also been filming along the way so you can see what it was like to make this gown. Watch this space for the video release.

The other designers were incredibly talented and fit their designs beautifully to the mannequin! It was lovely to see some familiar faces back from when I was a fashion student at Tafe and to see what people are doing now. It was also wonderful to make some new friends on the night too.

Here are a few pics from the night, I will post more regarding the Behind the Seams pics of the gown construction and the video, and of course the social pics from the night.

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p.s. Apologies the photos keep rotating back, even though I've rotated them! Sorry if anyone gets a sore neck! x