1930s Carlos Saenz de Tejada, fashion illustration for Blanco y Negro magazine, Paris.
The ABC Collection guards 906 original drawings by Sáenz de Tejada, among which 775 are fashion illustrations. A selection of 127 drawings can be shown in this exhibition, all from the period of Tejada in Paris (1931 – 1936). As a front row witness of all the couture shows in Paris (Worth, Patou, Callot Sœurs, Heim, Hermès, Paquin o Rochas), Sáenz de Tejada took fast —but very detailed— notes that would become an illustrated chronicle for his ABC’s and Blanco y Negro’s publications. In most cases, accompanied by an article signed by Thérèse Clemenceau, French Prime Minister’s daughter.
Museo ABC, Madrid, Spain.
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George Barbier, La Belle Personne, Worth evening dress, detail, fashion plate from Gazette du Bon Ton, 1925.
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I am determined in my Penumbrification of classic art. This one is inspired by the René Gruau print here:
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Vogue ~ December 1 1914 ~ George Wolfe Plank
(1883–1965) was an American artist illustrator, chiefly remembered for his long-term association with Vogue Magazine, which resulted in years of covers in an Art Deco style related to that of Helen Dryden and influenced by, among others, Edmund Dulac.
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“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood”
― Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box
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Cover of the April 27, 1929 issue of Vogue, featuring New York fashions. Illustration by Pierre Mourgue.
The cost of the magazine was 55 cents. In 2024 dollars, that's $9.98.
Photo: Condé Nast Store
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May the Fourth be with you!
Here’s a glamorous Rodian lady to celebrate, a.k.a doodle-that-turned-into-less-of-a-doodle.
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