Sophonisbe: Gazette du Bon Ton 1914

Title: Sophonisbe Author: Gazette du Bon Ton Date: 1914 Medium: Pochoir print Condition: Excellent - light age toning Inches: 6 x 8 [Image] Centimeters: 15.24 x 20.32 [Image] Product ID: 316019 Sophonisbe Projet de costume de Worth pour Mme Bartet Gazette du Bon Ton — No. 1. Janvier 1914. — Pl. V ... "SophonisbeCostume project for Mrs. Bartet by WorthGazette du Bon Ton - No. 1. January 1914. - Pl. V"   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 woul