Francois berthoud fashion illustration classes

For more than 25 years, the celebrated Swiss-born illustrator, Francois Berthoud has been capturing the volatile fashion world in a variety of materials, the images linked only by their creator’s willingness to experiment.

“Fashion is a testimony of its time,” says Berthoud. “My pictures for fashion have evolved through the decades, as the moods changed.”

Anna Piaggi & Vanity
Born in Le Locle, Switzerland, Berthoud completed a degree in graphic design at the School of Applied Art in Lausanne before moving to Milan in the 80s to join a group of dynamic comic book artists.

After a stint as art director at Condé Nast sparked an interest in fashion, he soon merged his twin interests when the legendary late editrix Anna Piaggi gave him his first fashion commission for her