Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l' élégance féminine, Noël 1928, No. 100, 9e Année, p. 46 1928

This fashion plate was made for a Christmas issue of a Parisian magazine in 1928. It's anonymous, which feels right because these images feel so of-the-moment, like a quick sketch you might do to record an idea. The drawing is of a scarf, and what I find interesting is the use of flat planes and blocks of color to convey the idea of a three-dimensional object. It’s not quite representational and not quite abstract. The colors are also telling - muted, a little somber, but with flashes of red and green that suggest something brighter underneath. The scarf itself is draped over a cross. I find myself wondering, what is the significance of this shape and the addition of the halo? It makes me think of the way Picasso painted Gertrude Stein, flattening her features into planes to create a portrait that was both familiar and strange. The same thing is happening here. It's not just a drawing of a scarf, it's a symbol of something more, a moment in time.