Kelly Bailey is a UK- based designer and illustrator and has worked in the fashion industry for 20 years. Trained as a Textile print designer, Kelly spent a number of years in New York working with a variety of brands- Anne Klein, Lulu Guinness, Cynthia Rowley, Vera, Vince Camuto, Macys to name a few as well as being represented by London Agents and acting as a freelance contributor for the global trend agency WGSN. Fashion illustration has always formed part of the design process to communicate brand vision and application to the body, this natural flair is something Kelly has enjoyed and been commended for over the course of her career, igniting a passion to take forward and develop as a renewed focus of creative expression.

Kelly brings her expertise as a fashion print designer and specialist skills of drawing and painting to the fore, exploring ink effects, layered transparent colour, shadow and composition together with the knowledge and flexibility to respond to a brands aesthetic.

Her original compositions and aesthetic have been commissioned as fashion editorial for Bal Harbour Magazine, Risbel Magazine, Flaunt Magazine, the Financial Times, with recent original print designs for Emanuel Ungaro.

Please get in touch if you wish to discuss a commission!

Client list: Emanuel Ungaro, Bal Harbour Magazine, Financial Times, WGSN, Hoaki Books, Flaunt Magazine, Risbel Magazine, SHOWstudio, Arts University Bournemouth, Fidarts, Alberta Ferretti, Anne Marie Börlind + more.

Press and publication:

New Fashion Illustration, Hoaki Books

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