fashion illustration

I am looking at a book by Tony Glenville called New Icons of Fashion Illustration.  It shows the work of twenty eight illustrators.  I am particularly taken with the artwork of Julie Verhoeven - colourful, vibrant, painterly, collage, surprising. She accurately describes her work as 'fast and reckless'. 

I am still thinking about how I will progress my project.  I think I will find my way by concentrating on the concept of visibility and transparency.  I feel immersed in the topic but I am finding  it difficult to find visual expression.

On the research front, I am looking at Lynne Segal's book 'Out of Time' and Julia Twigg's study of Fashion and Later Life.

Today I was looking at advertising material for Jarrolds department store - a store used largely by 'women of a certain age' - all the fashion models are young. Why?

In the newspaper today I noticed a report which stated that the BBC and ITV turned had down a hit drama series about older people on the grounds that 'senior citizens were considered a viewer turn-off' but BBC later reconsidered having 'presumably woken up to the maturity of its audience'!