Le Miroir des Modes No. 5, mei 1928 1928

This is the cover of Le Miroir des Modes, from May 1928, by The Butterick Publishing Co., and it's giving me all the feels. The flat color and graphic style are so striking, like a stencil or a print, and the way the colors are laid down feels so direct. You just know this was a process! The whole image has this soft, powdery feel, like it's been aged by the sun. The way the blue background meets the skin tones, it’s so subtle but creates so much depth. And those dots! They're so playful and add a whimsical touch to the whole composition. You could almost reach out and touch them! It makes me think of someone like Erté, who was also working with this kind of stylized figuration at the time. But this feels a little more raw. It embraces the ambiguity and lets the image be what it is. Which is the most chic, non-committal thing you can do.