Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l' élégance féminine, Juin 1929, No. 106, 9e Année, p.14 1929

This fashion plate from 1929 by R. Drivon is made using delicate strokes and a muted palette of greys, browns, and creams. I imagine Drivon, hunched over a drawing board, carefully rendering each pleat and fold, balancing the needs of accuracy with the desire for elegance. I feel a connection to the artist's hand, guided by a vision of modern femininity. The lines are so fine, the colors so subtle, yet they convey a sense of movement and life. It reminds me of some of Matisse’s drawings but with an eye for contemporary fashion design. I see in it a kind of quiet revolution—a move away from the opulent styles of the past and towards something more streamlined, more liberated. Each figure, poised and self-assured, seems to embody a different aspect of this new ideal. It’s a document of its time, but it also speaks to a timeless aspiration: the desire to express oneself through style. It’s like visual music and artists riff off each other!