Fashion and the art of pochoir : the golden age of illustration in Paris /

The 1910s and 1920s witnessed an outpouring of luxury fashion publications that used a hand-stenciling technique known as pochoir (French for stencil). This highly refined, painterly technique, which consists of applying layers of gouache paint or watercolor to achieve bold blocks of saturated color...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Calahan, April (Author), Zachary, Cassidy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Thames & Hudson, [2015]
Subjects:	Fashion drawing. Fashion > France > Paris > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. Stencil work > France > Paris > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. Magazine illustration > France > Paris > History > 20th century > Pictorial works.

Table of Contents:

1. The Art of dress: Les Robes de Paul Poiret recontées par Paul Iribe
2. Poiret's new kingdom: Les Choses de Paul Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape
3. Queen of the Rue de la Paix: L'Eventail et la Fourrure chez Paquin
4. Martin and the Modiste: La Mode en mil neuf cent douze chez Marcelle Demay
5. Stylizing 'La Femme': Modes et Manières d'Aujourd'hui
6. Opulence resurrected: Journal des Dames et des Modes
7. Art, fashions, frivolities: Gazette du Bon Ton
8. The follies of fashion: Robes et Femmes
9. At war with fashion: Le Goût du Jour
10. The artist of luxury: La Dernière Lettre Persane.