Créations de A. Soulié, Mei 1921 1921

This 1921 fashion plate by an anonymous artist is made with ink on paper, and boy, does it capture the essence of the Roaring Twenties. Look at the delicate linework, like little whispers defining the fabric's flow and the figures' elegant poses. The artist isn't trying to hide their process here. You can almost feel the pen gliding across the paper, making decisions on the fly. It’s like a dance between control and spontaneity. The limited palette emphasizes form and texture, those tiny details that scream "flapper." The way the lines create depth is so suggestive, leaving space for our imagination to fill in the blanks. I'm reminded of Picasso's line drawings, the way he could capture a whole world with just a few strokes. It's this conversation across time, artists building on what came before. Art's always about that push and pull, right?