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La Gazette du bon ton: Hermès
Posted on August 7, 2018 | No CommentsDuring a recent research visit to the Royal Ontario Museum Library and Archives to view the La Gazette du bon ton collection, I was intrigued by four pages, consisting of […] -
Sports et divertissements: The Hunt
Posted on April 8, 2018 | No CommentsArchives and India When invited to view the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Archives online, I was drawn to the ROM’s Sports et divertissements because of the mix of fashion and music. […] -
The Secret Language of Patterns
Posted on April 8, 2018 | 2 CommentsUpon a visit to the Royal Ontario Museum’s Library and Archives, I was completely taken with the fashion plates dating from 1885 to 1886 that were printed in the Revue […] -
Cultural Appropriation and Orientalism in “‘Une Chinoise’ Costume de Divertissement par Douillet”
Posted on April 7, 2018 | 2 CommentsLa Gazette du Bon Ton was first published in November 1912 and was edited by Lucien Vogel (see figure 1). Produced for 13 years until its last issue in 1925, […] -
Le Pouf: Advertising Art
Posted on April 7, 2018 | 1 CommentUpon first glance, the most striking aspect of this fashion plate is the bold and colourful print of the dress enwrapping the tall, slim figure. However, with further […] -
Could this be love?
Posted on April 7, 2018 | 3 CommentsIn the beginning of the 20th century, upper-class Parisians would rely on the magazine Gazette du Bon Ton as their source of fashion trends, corroborating Barthes’ understanding of how a […] -
Atalanta, and Why It Took So Long for Her to Get a Sports Bra
Posted on April 6, 2018 | 5 CommentsA petite figure in a short red chiton is gracefully bounding through a lush forest meadow. Her limbs are long and lanky, her hair cropped short and loose, her skirt […] -
Le flirt?
Posted on April 6, 2018 | 3 CommentsThis article examines a scene of the book Sports & Divertissements by Lucien Vogel (see fig.1), combining the work of the composer Erik Satie and the illustrator Charles Martin called […] -
The Sporting Twenties
Posted on April 5, 2018 | 4 CommentsThe Roaring Twenties are known as the Jazz Age, the time of jazz, gin, and flappers. But, less obviously, sports also played a big part in the shaping of the […]