Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l' élégance féminine, Mai 1929, No. 105, 9e Année, p. 24 1929

This is a page from a fashion magazine from May 1929, Art - Goût - Beauté, made with drawing and stencils. It’s a fashion spread, and I find myself wondering about the person who made it. I imagine them carefully hand-stenciling the clothing. Look at the flat, muted pastel colors—baby blue, lime green, and pale peach. Each shade is applied separately, like a screen print. It’s so different from painting, but has a similar ethos. Each outfit has a little description, “yachting dress” or “tennis pullover”. It seems so descriptive, and in a way that is a creative act. In the bottom right it reads “culottes”, and the text proclaims, “the dream of the short skirt is to become culottes without losing its femininity.” I wonder about the artist’s personal style? Maybe they drew this and snuck in their manifesto.