Sitting for Paolo Galetto, the Italian illustrator and artist at Premiere Vision in Paris.

On the invitation of GB network and Miroglio Textile, during the prestigious Premiere Vision trade fair in Paris in February 18-20, My Fashion Connect was able to preview the new fabric designs that form part of Miroglio's ‘Metri d’Arte’ project, featuring an iconic set of three figurative designs by Italian artist Paolo Galetto. 
  

As explained by Elena Miroglio, vice-president of the Miroglio Group, (on the right in this picture with Paolo Galetto) this was an initiative to show off the company's state-of-the-art digital printing technology, combined with the talent of the artist, bringing  together industrial production and artistic creativity,  

The project is proof of the high regard Miroglio Textiles holds for art and creativity. 

  

Paolo is well known for his fashion water colour images and illustrations, and was enthusaistic in showing his portfolio of portraits of famous faces and personalities. Among his commission works have been female portraits created for Vogue Italia magazine.

Thus it was a great honour that Paolo, when out of the blue, he offered to do a portrait of Lucia Carpio, editor of My Fashion Connect. This was indeed a proposition one can't refuse. 

So here's the finished work after the sitting for half an hour.  
Bravo indeed!

Italian illustrator and artist Paolo Galetto, who lives between Turin and Paris, has worked for many years as a visual artist, creating hundreds of storyboards for some of the most renowned film studios of the world, as well as portraits of Italy's influential writers and intellectuals.