Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l' élégance féminine, Noël 1928, No. 100, 9e Année, p. 18 1928

This fashion plate, "Art - Goût - Beauté," from 1928, is made with simple black line work on paper. I imagine this artist, whoever they were, had a clear vision and steady hand, carefully drafting these elegant figures and their delicate garments. I'm thinking about the kind of focused energy it takes to create such precise lines. It's like a form of meditation, where each stroke builds an image. Look at the way the corset and lingerie are rendered, capturing the essence of the era's fashion, but with a timeless quality. There's a graphic sensibility here, almost like the artist is building shapes. It’s a flat surface, yet she finds volume through pattern and detail. It makes me think about other artists who work with line and form, like Matisse and his cut-outs, or even some of the early modernist illustrators. Artists are always in conversation, riffing off each other's ideas and pushing the boundaries of their craft.