CLIENTS :
Prada Miu Miu
Stella McCartney Moncler
Diane von Furstenberg Google
Target Nordstrom
H & M Rockwell Group
Alice & Olivia Texworld
Allentown Museum Lovehoney
FashionUnited.com
Since graduating from London’s Central St Martins with a Masters in Womenswear, Northern Irish but NYC-based, Jackie Mallon has worked in the fashion industry, first as a designer in Milan with Giorgio Armani and Moschino, then in the US as a writer, educator and illustrator.
The luxury industry helped hone Jackie’s artistic skills and exposed her to the transporting effect of an illustration. Jackie loves to sprinkle that runway magic into her speedy sketches of guests at live events, into a watercolor painting of a just-released luxury cosmetics line, a marker drawing capturing the charm of a bunch of tulips or the corner of a room, even penning a personalized note in her contemporary calligraphy style.
Combining a former designer’s eye for detail with an obsession for line and an appreciation of dynamic color, she aims for a synergy of speed, style and storytelling. In the words of Oscar Wilde, “Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art,” and Jackie works primarily by hand so as not to second guess herself. She believes a hand-drawn image aligns with industry efforts to slow fashion down and be conscious of the human behind the creation. Her idea of fast fashion involves a brush, bottle of ink and a live model in an intriguing outfit holding a 3-minute pose.
