Smashing Fashion!
Tue, Dec 23
|TAP Centre for Creativity
The 60’s Illustration of Bonnie Parkinson
Time & Location
Dec 23, 2025, 12:00 p.m. – Jan 10, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
TAP Centre for Creativity, 203 Dundas St, London, ON N6A 1G4, Canada
About The Event
About the Exhibition
Smashing Fashion!
The 60’s Illustration of Bonnie Parkinson
Bonnie Parkinson burst onto the advertising scene in her early twenties during the height of the 60’s cultural revolution—the era when fashions rocked the world and creativity knew no bounds. As one of the few women navigating Canada’s male-driven world of fashion illustration, she captured this spirit through her work with Eaton’s, Simpson’s, and “Mad Men” ad agencies. Her drawings reflected the rhythm of the times—dreamin’, and hanging with the cool crowd while Carnaby Street set the trends. Now, sixty years later, Bonnie has picked up her pen once again. With a fresh spark she’s creating new illustrations that echo her early days yet speak to today—a vibrant bookend to a life steeped in style, imagination, and when Fashion was Art.
Meet the artist at a reception on Saturday, January 3 from 1PM - 3PM.