Le Miroir Ovale: Gazette du Bon Ton c. 1921

Title: Le Miroir Ovale Author: Gazette du Bon Ton Date: c. 1921 Medium: Pochoir print Condition: Excellent - light age toning Inches: 6 x 8 [Image] Centimeters: 15.24 x 20.32 [Image] Product ID: 315109 Le Miroir Ovale Robe du soir, de Beer No. 8 de la Gazette du Bon Ton. Planche 61. ... "The Oval MirrorEvening dress, de BeerNo. 8 of the Gazette du Bon Ton. Plate 61."   Image from the Gazette du Bon Ton (roughly “The Journal of Good Taste”), a magazine which catered to Parisian high society through its sumptuous depictions of luxury French fashion. This exclusive publication, which charged today’s equivalent of over $400 per yearly subscription, ran from 1912-1925, breaking between 1915 and 1920 due to the onset of World War I. Each issue’s ten color plates showcased the designs of leading French fashion houses such as Worth, Beer, Poiret, and Dœuillet. The magazine’s whimsical illustrations featured real articles of clothing which would have been available for purchase