zines by sarah leora

Sarah Leora is a budding East Hampton-based fashion designer whom I discovered last night on tumblr. She also happens to make rad zines based on her favorite movies and persons of interest. Oh, and did I mention that she’s still in high school?! When I emailed Sarah last night to gush about how much I adored her drawings, she asked if I had any suggestions as to what movie/person her next zine should depict. My initial thoughts were Roman Holiday and Annie Hall, but I know you all can come up with something way more creative. What do you think? (PS! Images top to bottom: Breakfast at Tiffany's, a tribute to Sofia Coppola's Miss Dior Cherie campaign, the chronicles of Margot Tenenbaum, Carrie Bradshaw in the city). 

a sketch of margot tenenbaum's room

When Wes Anderson is writing, he keeps a notebook of ideas for sets, props and clothes  which he then incoporates into his scripts. “In the past,” Anderson says, “I have occasionally forgotten some of m y favorite ideas until it was too late—for example, after the movie is out on video.” In order to prevent this from happing on The Royal Tenenbaums (which Anderson admits, “contains more perhaps unnecessary visual detail than both of my previous films combined…”), he commissioned his brother, Eric, to create drawings from his notebooks. Wes used these drawings to convey his artistic vision for The Royal Tenenbaums to his production crew. The director notes, “…Eventually, [Eric’s] illustrations became standard equipment on the walls of the production offices and art department in the the notebooks of everyone on the crew—a sort of manual."

I include here Eric’s sketch of Margot Tenenbaum’s room. I swooned when I saw that amazing Scalamandré wallpaper drawn out! I swear, Wes Anderson could be one of the most successful interior designers of our time should he set out to do so.   

(drawing by Eric Anderson; scanned by moi)