Très Parisien, 1925, No. 1, Pl. 3: Création BERTHE-HERMANCE - Pierrette. 1925

G-P. Joumard made this print, Très Parisien, in 1925; it's all gentle lines and soft colour. I can imagine him working on the design, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. The designer captures the fashion of the period, the sleek silhouette of the dress, the geometric hat, the confident pose of the model. I think about what it was like to create an image like this, thinking about form and function in the new age. I wonder whether Joumard worked from real life, or if this image emerged from the imagination. The spots on the dress are a rhythmic pattern, and the lines, the way they lead your eye, it's just gorgeous. Fashion and art have always been intertwined, feeding each other. You see echoes of Matisse and Dufy here, maybe even Schiele. It reminds me that we artists are in an ongoing conversation, sharing ideas and inspiring each other to make something new.