Live Illustration for York Fashion Week at Marks & Spencer

York Fashion Week 2018 (by Fashion City York) was a stylish week-long festival celebrating fashion and creativity across one of our favourite cities, York. When we first discovered this, we were eager to get involved and it’s lovely to now be a part of the festivities! One way we’ve been contributing to the magic is through live illustration. We were delighted to be asked to illustrate portraits at the VIP Launch Party at Marks & Spencer.

Whilst at the party, we interacted with local bloggers, entrepreneurs, fashion designers, stylists, makeup artists... the list goes on and on! Everyone loved socialising and celebrating. Our live illustration offered respite for those in need of a sit down! Those that did sit with us, had a lovely experience receiving a bespoke portrait drawn by us live on the night. Our favourite part of the process is seeing the guests’ faces light up as they receive their illustrations. 

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After the event, we were excited to see many sitters had even shared their creations on social media! The illustrations created a talking-point which added to the buzz of York Fashion Week. View their posts below...

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York Fashion week and the wonderful buttercrumblecreative

A post shared by Sas Yates (@sassyates) on Apr 16, 2018 at 9:10am PDT

Thanks @buttercrumblecreative for my sketching at tonight’s launch event #yorkfashionweek #fcy #buttercrumble #marksandspencer

A post shared by trionatootle (@trionatootle) on Apr 12, 2018 at 3:39pm PDT

Absolutely love this drawing of me and @alittleemagination! Thank you so much @buttercrumblecreative you girls are so talented! #VIPevent #FCY #marksandspencer #drawing #handdrawn #love

A post shared by Cicily Wilkinson | 23 (@cicily_w) on Apr 12, 2018 at 1:23pm PDT

Thank you @buttercrumblecreative for my portrait. So nice to meet you at #yfw #yorkfashionweek early launch in @marksandspencer York thanks @trionatootle lovely to see you!! So happy that #yorktopshop will be a late joiner to the party for #yfw

A post shared by Rhea Young (@rhea_young) on Apr 12, 2018 at 12:52pm PDT

Had such a blast at @yorkfashionweek 's launch event last night! What a great event to debut my new hair at 💇🏻‍♀️ I loved meeting so many interesting people 👠...very much enjoyed getting my portrait drawn by the talented ladies at @buttercrumblecreative so much fun and so nice to chat to!!! 💖...I'm very excited to be going to @dulcimerdraws Fashion Sketchup next week because of how wonderful this experience was!!!...also special thank you to @delicately.debonair for inviting me along ^^ ...keep your eyes out for fashion week events around York, they're going to be fun! 👢 👚 👗 👜 💄 👒 🎩 #yorkfashionweek #yfw #portrait #yorkfashion #visityork #fashion #yorkshire #creative #creators #blogger #fashioncityyork #event #yorkevent

A post shared by Eve's Forest (@eves_forest) on Apr 13, 2018 at 1:16am PDT

Admiring the work of @buttercrumblecreative at this evening’s @yorkfashionweek VIP Night. Extremely talented people _ _ _ #yorkfashionweek #yorkfashionweek2018 #yfw #yfw18 #timelapse #creativeminds #york #creatives #fashionsketch #fashionsketches #illustration

A post shared by Mark Paull (@markpaull_) on Apr 12, 2018 at 3:34pm PDT

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It’s important for us to be a part of events such as York Fashion Week because community is one of our core values. We want to support the independent and high street brands who continue to support us. Let’s celebrate our achievements together and spread the positive vibes. 

We had an amazing time attending York Fashion Week 2018. We can't wait to see what 2019 brings! We're sure it's going to be bigger and better (if that's even possible)! Keep your eyes peeled for next year's announcements.

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