Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts was born in 1948 and is a British Fashion Journalist, Illustrator and Photographer. He studied Graphic Design and Fine Art before moving into fashion and he now lives in New York City, USA. And is the fashion and style director of Vanity Fair Magazine. He has already worked as a fashion director in many other magazines such as the New Yorker and the British Vogue. Also, he has made several illustrations for many Vogue magazines and additionally, he has books published of photography and illustrations.

 Robert’s illustrations are created using coloured paper/card and put together to create a collage. This generally illustrates the African culture and influences. With his choice of warm yet bold colours, grass, leaves and animal patterns, he makes references to the African landscape. He does not use too much detail, simply basic shapes to give the models, clothes and accessories a good structure and form. He also includes some 3D effect, such as the grass coming forward or the handbag larger than the model supposedly carrying it. This is to create the illusion that the work is not completely flat even though all he has used is coloured paper/card.