Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l' élégance féminine, Janvier 1924, No. 41, 4e Année, p. 12 1924

This page from "Art - Goût - Beauté" in January 1924, a French magazine, is all about fashion trends. I like how it's a drawing of a photograph instead of just being a photograph. It's like a painterly interpretation of reality... but I'm just guessing! You know, when I look at the confident lines of these women's garments, I can imagine someone sketching quickly, trying to capture the essence of a style and the feel of new fabrics. There's something so playful in the way the colours are laid down, not fussy, but expressive, using a limited palette of pinks, blacks, whites, and browns. They didn't have Instagram, but they had these fashion magazines. It reminds me of the fashion illustrations of the early 20th century, like Erté or the Vienna Werkstatte, a conversation across borders and between artists exploring modernity through fashion. It is a playful take on how we adorn ourselves. It just goes to show how fashion can be a form of expression, a way of painting ourselves into the world.