L'Oiseau d'Argent: Gazette du Bon Ton 1921

Title: L'Oiseau d'Argent Author: Gazette du Bon Ton Date: 1921 Medium: Pochoir print Condition: Excellent - light age toning Inches: 6 x 8 [Image] Centimeters: 15.24 x 20.32 [Image] Product ID: 315106 L'Oiseau d'Argent Robe du Soir, Composée d'Une Écharpe Enveloppant le Buste No. 5 de la Gazette du Bon Ton. Année 1921 — Planche 33. ... "The Silver BirdEvening dress, composed of a scarf wrapping the bustNo. 5 of the Gazette du Bon Ton. Year 1921 - Plate 33."   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 i