For the month of September 2026, the Bayside Gallery presents a series of ten large-scale fashion illustrations by Karn Goode, transforming the intimate language of the designer’s sketchbook into dramatic works of art. Installed in this walk-by gallery along the waterfront, the exhibition invites passersby to experience fashion illustration at an unexpected scale. Each work measures approximately 150 × 76 cm and is created in acrylic and graphite on paper, combining expressive drawing with painterly colour, texture and movement.

The exhibition begins with a process that is fundamental to Karn’s design practice. Every seasonal collection starts with illustrations drawn on 8½ × 14-inch paper. These smaller sketches are not simply presentation drawings; they are working design tools used to explore proportion, silhouette, volume, attitude and the relationship between the body and the garment. Rapid graphite lines, exaggerated forms and instinctive marks allow an idea to develop before it becomes a finished garment. For this exhibition, Karn has returned to selected original sketches and reinterpreted them as monumental paintings, preserving the spontaneity and energy of the first drawing while amplifying its presence.

At the larger scale, the fashion figures become almost architectural. Voluminous sleeves, elongated bodies, sweeping silhouettes and sculptural proportions push the garments beyond conventional fashion drawing and into a more expressive, theatrical territory. Energetic graphite marks remain visible beneath layers of acrylic, creating attention between precision and spontaneity. The illustrations feel at once raw and refined—dramatic black hair, exaggerated shoulders, cocooning shapes and unexpected flashes of colour give the figures a powerful, almost cinematic presence.

For fashion lovers and design enthusiasts, the exhibition offers a rare view into the evolution of a collection: from a small, instinctive sketch made at the beginning of the design process to an immersive large-scale artwork. By magnifying these drawings, Karn reveals details that might otherwise remain private—the searching lines, revisions, gestures and imperfections that are part of creating fashion. The result celebrates fashion illustration not merely as a means of describing clothing, but as an expressive, seductive and highly personal art form in its own right.