Summer Fashion Art Talks Timetable 2025

Summer Fashion Art Festival 2025

Timetable of Talks | 7–11 July 2025

Watch live as leading artists, illustrators, and creators from around the world share their insights, techniques, and inspirations.

All proceeds go to charity.
Free for members and artists that enter the art fair or prize!

Monday 7 July

🕔 5:00 – 6:00pm
Tiago Cruz
Portuguese artist Tiago Cruz invites us to explore his captivating visual world, where observation, emotion, and everyday life come together in compelling stories. Rooted in traditional drawing and shaped by a lifelong graphic diary practice, his work balances spontaneity with structure, transforming the ordinary into something quietly extraordinary.

Tuesday 8 July

🕚 11:00am – 12:00pm
Petra Dufkova
Czech-born, Munich-based fashion illustrator Petra Dufkova combines graphic design, painting, and fashion design to create expressive watercolour works that capture beauty and glamour, earning recognition such as the Best Illustration Award at China Fashion Week in 2008.

🕔 5:00 – 6:00pm
Chris Gambrell
Bristol-based artist Chris Gambrell explores form, colour, and texture in his fashion illustrations and paintings, having collaborated with major European fashion houses and featured in international fashion magazines, including a selection by Vogue to draw couture looks from their archive in 2020.

Wednesday 9 July

🕛 12:00 – 1:00pm
Dasha S
Self-taught fashion illustrator and live-event artist from Austin with two degrees in Economics & Finance, Dasha mesmerises with her signature watercolour and mixed-media sketches for brands like Tiffany & Co and Redken.

🕒 3:00 – 4:00pm
Mattia Riami
Venetian-born illustrator Mattia Riami brings a bold mix of analogue and digital techniques to his vibrant, award-winning work for brands like Benetton and TEDx, blending fine art, activism, and commercial design with infectious energy.

Thursday 10 July

🕚 11:00am – 12:00pm
Anouck Gillyboeuf
Award-winning fashion and event illustrator Anouck Gillyboeuf, currently working between Paris and Abu Dhabi, transforms luxury activations into unforgettable live-drawn experiences, capturing emotional connections between brands and audiences in real time.

🕒 3:00 – 4:00pm
Virginia Romo
Germany-based fashion illustrator Virginia Romo fluidly blends pencil, ink, and watercolor to capture fresh, feminine silhouettes at luxury brand activations for Cartier, Dior, Chanel, Hugo Boss, and more.

Friday 11 July

🕚 11:00am – 12:00pm
Heidi Sangster
Melbourne-based calligrapher and botanical illustrator Heidi Sangster captivates audiences with her live event engraving, bespoke stationery artistry, and elegant floral designs for brands and activations.

🕔 5:00 – 6:00pm
Julia Michel
Munich-based multidisciplinary illustrator Julia Michel transforms events into live art experiences – creating bespoke fashion sketches, portraits, and window illustrations on the spot for luxury clients like Tiffany, Hermès, Lancôme, and A. Lange & Söhne.

If you would like to watch the talks, click here to sign up!

Talks are free for Fida Members AND artists that enter the prize OR art fair.