Audrey Hepburn as you've never seen her before: Bic biro artist creates 'Vintage Vogue' images for new exhibition

At first glance they look like beautifully painted canvases, but this glamorous set of images are actually created using Bic biros - defying their audiences.



Leading artist James Mylne has painstakingly reworked a series of photos of Hollywood starlets for his latest exhibition , focusing on fashion icons from the 40s, 50s and 60s, including film star Audrey Hepburn.



The classic style of the Golden Era has been captured in his Vintage Vogue collection, which also features model Everyln Tripp, a classic Coco Chanel advert and the dangerously cool Steve McQueen.

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A classic image of Audrey Hepburn has been reworked by artist James Mylne using Bic biros for his latest exhibition Vintage Vogue. This image took 100 hours to create

In action: James Mylne spends hours creating the images with only Bic biros - one mistake would end with him throwing away his artwork and starting again

The dangerously cool Steve McQueen couldn't be forgotten in the Vintage Vogue exhibition

'With today’s overbearing pressure on models’ appearance and over photo-shopped images, it is worth remembering how effortless style and elegance was achieved so naturally many decades ago.'

The use of BIC biro as Mylne's primary medium appealed to him due to the huge level of concentration required to complete each drawing. An image of Audrey Hepburn wearing a white hat took him 100 hours to complete, while another of the actress wearing sunglasses and a pearl necklace took 90 hours sketch.

Mr Mylne is considered a world leader in his style of art, and in the past had replicated iconic photos of entertainers and artists such as Twiggy, Sean Connery and Jean Michel Basquiat. His popular work has attracted a strong celebrity following, with model Daisy Lowe and record producer Tali Lennox among his fans. His latest exhibition will run until the end of October at Rook & Raven Gallery in the heart of Soho, London. The effortlessly chic style icon Audrey Hepburn, left and right, is depicted in less well-known images

