Très Parisien, 1925, No. 11, Pl. 11: Création Lucien LELONG - SPHINX 1925

This fashion plate, Création Lucien LELONG - SPHINX, No. 11, Pl. 11, by G-P. Joumard, was made in 1925 using some kind of printmaking technique. I'm not sure exactly how it was made but there is something so charming and so old fashioned about the colours here. It's such a strange drawing; the line work feels quite perfunctory, but there's an appealing and tender quality in the rendering of the woman's face. The way the green dress hangs so loosely, almost like a child's drawing of clothes. Yet, it's the bizarre fur-like cape or train that grabs my attention. The rendering of the concentric lines, creating this almost snail-like form, is so strange and alluring. What's that about? It reminds me of some of the weirder fashion drawings by Erté, who also delighted in the strange and theatrical. There’s something so fun about seeing these images, a reminder that art is a conversation, an ongoing and ever-evolving exchange of ideas!