Cover illustration of the Women's Wear Daily Spring Accessories advance catalogue Natural Insticts" published October 28, 1983. Rapidograph, pencil, and marker on vellum. 375x305 mm; 14 3/4x12 inches, sheet. Signed "Passantino" along left margin.
Passantino possesses an illustration style that is elegant, graphic, and sophisticated with a strong sense of design. He studied fashion design at Pratt Institute, New York and fashion illustration at The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, before joining Women's Wear Daily from 1969-1991. Passantino's work has been featured in numerous fashion magazines and books internationally. His clients have included Bloomingdale's, B. Altman & Co., Calvin Klein, Anna Sui, and Norma Kamali and his work is held in the permanent collections of The Frances Neady Collection of Original Fashion Illustration, New York, and Drexel University, Pennsylvania.
