Jacqueline bissett illustrator biography
About
Jacqueline Bissett has over 30 years of experience in the fashion illustration industry. Specialising in live drawing events, commissions for both private and corporate clients, Jacqueline has worked with some of the most well known brands both nationally and internationally.
Ever since leaving Art College in the mid Eighties, Jacqueline has worked for most UK fashion magazines and an impressive amount in Italy, France, Australia, USA, Greece and Japan. Since joining leading international illustration agency, illustration ltd, Jacqueline’s work has gone global with commissions from Germany, France, North and South America, Japan, Italy, India and China.
Working across a broad spectrum in the fashion world you can find her illustrations on everything from book covers to duvet covers, on web sites, billboard advertisements, jewellery brochures, point of sale (POS) and signage in stores. Jacqueline’s work has been commissioned for use on scarves, clutch bags, bedlinen, bathroom accessories and kitchenware.
In the last 8 years, 'live drawing' has really taken off for Jacqueline. Her first event was on the Beauty floor at Selfridges, London, where she worked in their stores nationwide for Kurt Geiger and more recently for Louis Vuitton. She worked the days leading up to Christmas on the ground floor where she drew clients, awaiting their personalized gifts.
Jacqueline has become known as an expert in the field of hand rendered fashion illustrations. Using traditional methods to interpret the most cutting edge fashion- her clients vary from top couture houses such as Givenchy, Escada, LVMH, through to top jewellery brands Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels. Her illustration work has established a strong brand identity for ThomasSabo. Working closely for a number of years on their brochures, window displays, packaging and advertising.
LIVE EVENTS
A relatively new area to Jacquelin AKA Winnifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset Born:13-Sep-1944 Gender: Female Nationality: England Growing up in England, Jacqueline Bisset learned to speak French from her Gallic mother, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when Bisset was 15. Young and attractive, Jacqueline worked as a model to earn money to help support the family. As her modeling wage increased, she took acting lessons, and eventually made her film debut as a girl in the background in the 1965 sex farce The Knack and How to Get It. The next year she spoke her first on-screen line in Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac with Donald Pleasence. In 1967 she played Bond girl Giovanni Goodthighs in Casino Royale with David Niven, and she was (ambiguous link, Steve McQueen)'s girlfriend in the action classic Bullitt. She popped out of her bikini in The Sweet Ride with Tony Franciosa, and she played her first sexy "older woman" (at 25) in The First Time. In the original Airport, Bisset played the sexy stewardess carrying pilot Dean Martin's love child. She earned enthusiastic reviews for her performance as a Vegas showgirl in The Grasshopper with Jim Brown, and likewise in Truffaut's masterpiece Day for Night. Just as she was first being taken seriously as an actress, she wore a wet T-shirt in The Deep with Robert Shaw, and her career probably hit rock bottom with Sun Myung Moon's Inchon opposite Laurence Olivier in 1981. In Class two years later, she seduced her son's (Rob Lowe) best friend (Andrew McCarthy). In John Huston's Under the Volcano, she played a dotty English dame married to drunk Albert Finney, and in Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills she made love to Ray Sharkey and a chocolate cake. Her career faded through most of the 1990s, beginning with a starring role in Wil Jacqueline Bisset has been an international film star since the late '60s. She received her first roles mainly because of her stunning beauty, but over time she has become a fine actress respected by fans and critics alike. Bisset has worked with directors John Huston, François Truffaut, George Cukor and Roman Polanski. Her co-stars have included Anthony Quinn, Paul Newman, Nick Nolte, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kenneth Branagh and Marcello Mastroianni. With an expertly contoured line and a few dashes of her brush, British artist Jacqueline Bissett captures the design of a garment and the essence of a collection in a seemingly effortless manner. However, this sublime skill has been built up through over 30 years in the industry, earning her position among the world’s leading fashion illustrators. Toutes les images figurant sur ce site sont protégées par le droit d’auteur et sont propriété de leurs auteurs et/ou de l’Agence Marie Bastille.Jacqueline Bisset
Birthplace:Weybridge, Surrey, England
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Model
Executive summary:The Deep
Her somewhat French-sounding name has led many to assume that she is from France, but she was brought up in England and had to study to learn French. Her mother was French and was an attorney before being married. As a child Jacqueline studied ballet. During her teenage years her father left the family when her mother was diagnosed with disseminating sclerosis; Jacqueline worked as a model to support her ailing mother and eventually her parents divorced, an experience she has said she considered character-strengthening. She took an early interest in film, and her modeling career helped pay for acting lessons.
In 1967 Bisset gained her first critical attention in Two for the Road (1967), and that same year appeared in the popular James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967), playing Miss Goodthighs. In 1968 her career got a boost when Mia Farrow unexpectedly dropped out of the shooting of The Detective (1968); Farrow's marriage to co-star Frank Sinatra was on the rocks, and her role was eventually given to Bisset, who received special billing in the film's credits. In the following year she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer for The Sweet Ride (1968) and gained even more attention playing opposite Steve McQueen in the popular action film Bullitt (1968). In 1970 she was featured in the star-studded disaster film Airport (1970) and had the main role in The Grasshopper (1970). Then she co-starred with Alan Alda in the well-reviewed but commercially underperforming horror movie, The Mephisto Jacqueline Bissett
Jackie often uses photographic references when she does her sketching, bringing elements together to form her final composition. She takes photos everywhere she goes, for later use, and updates her palette according to what’s on the catwalk.
Jackie’s clients include Givenchy, Escada, LVMH, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Thomas Sabo, Kurt Geiger, Louis Vuitton, The BAFTA Awards, Giorgio Armani, Lexus and more.