Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l' élégance féminine, Juin 1929, No. 106, 9e Année, p.8 1929

This fashion plate by R. Drivon, graces the pages of a 1929 issue of *Art - Goût - Beauté*. Just imagine Drivon at their drawing board, delicately capturing the zeitgeist of feminine elegance! Their task was to evoke the textures and draping of fabrics, like capturing the subtle nuances of a feeling. See the way they’ve articulated the crisp lines of a tailored suit, alongside the fluidity of a patterned dress. The cross hatching suggests the weave of the fabric while the gestural drawing style captures the movement and poise of the models. I can almost feel the artist’s hand as they work, balancing precision with spontaneity. In this fashion plate, Drivon is in conversation with other artists and designers, like Coco Chanel who was radically reshaping the way women dressed. It's not just about clothes, it's about a whole vision of modernity. Painting is about ideas in flux, inspiring new modes of creativity.