Indisputable master of the two-dimensional plain, Hiroshi Tanabe's unique fashion illustrations are revered by fashionistas all over the globe. A graduate of the Tama Art College in Japan, he developed his unique, individual style early in his career and immediately won applause for its dynamic, off-register, almost 3-D appearance. Tanabe's illustrations have been published in Arena, Vogue, Marie Claire, New York Magazine, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Visionaire and Wallpaper. His corporate clients have included Ann Taylor, Barneys New York, Redken and Shiseido. In the early 1990s Tanabe studied at Milan's Accademia di Brera and was awarded the British Vogue / Sotheby's Cecil Beaton Award for fashion illustration in 1994. In 1999, his first book "Blue Mode" won a gold medal for illustration and design from the Art Director's Club. This book presents a brilliant collection of work from one of the world's most sought after fashion illustrators.