Le Choix Difficile: Gazette du Bon Ton 1914

Title: Le Choix Difficile Author: Gazette du Bon Ton Date: 1914 Medium: Pochoir print Condition: Very Good Plus - light age toning, minor surface scuffing Inches: 6 x 8 [Image] Centimeters: 15.24 x 20.32 [Image] Product ID: 316031 Le Choix Difficile Manteau du soir de Worth Gazette du Bon Ton. — No. 4. Avril 1914. — Pl. 40 ... "The Difficult ChoiceEvening Coat by WorthGazette du Bon Ton. — No. 4. April 1914. — Pl. 40"   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 c