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Marianne Perez
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Information Design · Editorial Design · Adobe Illustrator

Fashion Through The Decades.

Exploring fashion history through the cultural icons who defined each era.

Fashion Through The Decades — Madonna, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton infographic series

The Collection · Three editorial infographics, one visual language

01 · The Challenge

Turning research into visual storytelling.

Create a series of editorial infographics that communicate the defining fashion trends of different decades through influential female cultural icons. The project focused on translating historical research into visually engaging and accessible information design.

02 · The Concept

Fashion through its icons.

Rather than presenting fashion history as a timeline alone, the project explored how individual celebrities became symbols of their respective eras — Madonna for the 1980s, Britney Spears for the 1990s, Paris Hilton for the 2000s. Each infographic combined trends, beauty standards, accessories, footwear, designers, and cultural references into a single visual narrative.

03 · Process

From wireframe to final design.

The project began with a structural wireframe designed to organise information, hierarchy, visual flow, and data visualisation. That framework evolved into three fully illustrated editorial infographics developed in Adobe Illustrator.

Original wireframe sketch organising the infographic structure
Wireframe · Information architecture
Final Britney Spears infographic developed in Adobe Illustrator
Final design · Adobe Illustrator

04 · The Collection

Three decades, three icons.

Click any infographic to zoom in and explore the details — typography, illustrations, statistics, and the small editorial decisions that tie each era together.

1980s

Madonna

1990s

Britney Spears

2000s

Paris Hilton

05 · Design Approach

Editorial storytelling through data.

The visual language was inspired by magazine covers and pop culture publications from each era.

Typography, color palettes, illustrations, icons, timelines, and statistics were combined to create infographic designs that felt both informative and culturally relevant.

06 · What I Learned

Research, rendered as design.

This project strengthened my Adobe Illustrator skills and deepened my understanding of editorial design, information hierarchy, and visual storytelling.

It demonstrated how complex research can be transformed into engaging visual experiences that communicate information clearly while maintaining a strong creative identity.

Software

Adobe Illustrator

Focus Areas

Information Design · Editorial Design · Data Visualisation · Visual Storytelling

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