Les Chapeaux du "Très Parisien", Automne 1925, : Créations Jane BLANCHOT (...) 1925

This fashion plate, ‘Les Chapeaux du "Très Parisien", Automne 1925’, probably made with watercolor or gouache, feels like a playful exploration of form and style. It imagines hats as geometric extensions of heads. I see a lot of line work here—those confident contours that define each figure, and the soft color washes that give them volume. I wonder if the artist started with a sketch, mapping out the composition before adding color, or if they worked more intuitively, letting the colors guide them. The pink cheeks of each model feel so deliberate and almost rebellious against the page. You get the sense of someone experimenting, trying out different ideas with texture and pattern. There's a real love for the materials, and the way they can be manipulated to create something beautiful and expressive. I think of Matisse and his cut-outs, the way he used simple shapes to create such dynamic compositions. This feels related somehow, like a cousin from another era exploring similar ideas.