Jessica Repetto
occupation: illustrator, art director, and designer
“I feel like everyday, [my passion for fashion and art] grows more…It becomes something I can’t live without. It becomes this crazy emotional release or this crazy emotional need.” Jessica Repetto
Jessica gets the chills and sometimes screams when she sees something that she has to own, like the orange and turquoise print fabric she wraps herself in and the colorful cartoon print “70s/Geisha” wedges that she wears with it. She opened the door when I came to interview her in a breathtaking, oversized African man’s cardigan that she wears as a dress, with lipstick red alligator wedges, possibly remnants of the period in her life when the color of passion took hold of her completely. True to the extraordinarily sensory way with which she experiences life, Jessica wore wore only red lipstick, red clothes and painted her room red, when she was writing her senior thesis on the color and its symbolism. I think that Jessica’s use of a blazer turned backwards and worn as a skirt is one of the most original twists on clothes that I have seen. And her bright colored patent sandals from the Milan flea market are very Marni-esque and used as a total surprise with her blue and white “tablecloth” skirt, gone Grecian when worn as a dress. She is obsessed with men’s clothes and tailoring and is launching a menswear line in the near future, which is interesting to me, because she herself is so unstrucutured and almost primal in her use of draping and textured fabrics. I was telling her how ultimately I would love to post SLU from tribal areas, where for me the style is kind of ultimate in its simplicity, emotional and inherited value. I felt that Jessica, with her heightened responses to life and creativity, was in a way already channeling that for me.
To get the full picture of Jessica’s talents, check out her website and blog.
If you like Jessica, you might also enjoy Adia Trischler, Lisa Moffie, or Hiraku Morilla.
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December 25th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I’m so happy to see this girl finally getting some due. I’ve been following her work in Italian Vogue for the past 2 years. Her illustrations are so immaculate and detail oriented that its gon be a pleasure for my eyes to grace her menswear collection.HURRY
December 25th, 2009 at 8:55 am
that “Dress” made up of yards of the orange and blue silk, is so pretty, it looks like it might be couture, so amazing.
December 25th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
i love those shoes, there amazing
December 25th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Absolutely gorgeous, so talented.
December 25th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Great work.
December 26th, 2009 at 2:09 am
She is fabulous. And I wish I could find shoes like that.
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December 26th, 2009 at 6:13 am
you are soooo beautiful ladybird!
December 26th, 2009 at 6:14 am
you are beautiful my ladybird!
MUSA!
December 26th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Amazing Artist. Creative. Legend in the making. I Believe! Love you Jess
December 26th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Excited to see what more comes from this artist. She is truly inspiring and a gift.
December 26th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
she is lovely
December 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Unique and refreshing! You’re certainly going places…so proud of you.
Your biggest fan
December 27th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Jessica Repetto is my dearest friend. To see this inspirational being expand in her gifts is a blessing on its own. Her present emotion to all sensory is what she lives for. Live forever my love and keep bringing your beautiful twist to this place we call world. Your star will always rise*
Love,
Jeffrey Williams
December 28th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Amazing! Your doing big things..Go get em! So proud!
Meggles
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
your sense of style and creativity is truly inspirational!!!! i hope that the fashion world is ready for the artistic revolution which you are so a part of!!!! can’t wait to see your menswear collection and the next vogue issue of amazing illustrations…..brava!!!!!!
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