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Gazette du bon ton

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1912-1925

Biography

The Gazette du Bon Ton (roughly translated to Journal of Good Style) was a small fashion publication produced in France by Lucien Vogel, and published in the United States by Conde Nast by the title Gazette du Bon Genre. It was founded by the top couture houses at the time: Cheruit, Doeuillet, Doucet, Paquin, Poiret, Redfern and Worth. The magazine strove to respresent fashion as an art, portraying fashion in a similar to the way that painting and sculpture are protrayed. The magazine briefly stopped publication during WWI and resumed in Spring of 1920. When the Gazette began to be published again it included other prominent fashion houses such as: Beer, Lanvin, Patou, and Martial & Armand. The Gazette featured essays and fashion illustrations, with the illustrations being the most prominent piece of the publication. Each issue included 10 full page illustrations, 7 couture designs and 3 illustrations inspired by couture designs.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Untitled (Elegant family at races), 1922, 2001, 1922

 Item
Identifier: SC.187.1.205
Scope and Contents

Elegant family at races with coach in background (framed). "Gift to FIT library from the estate of Robert Knox August 1973. Le Jour des Drags;" Color: watercolor; Signed lower right, Verso: card Galerie Charpentier, Paris; Client Gazette du Bon Ton

Dates: 2001; 1922

Untitled (Figure in yellow fur-trimmed suit and muff), 1913, 2001, 1913

 Item
Identifier: SC.187.1.204
Scope and Contents

Figure in yellow fur-trimmed suit and muff in park-like setting (framed). "Gift to FIT library from the estate of Robert Knox August 1973. Temps Gris;" Color: watercolor; Signed lower right, Verso: card Galerie Charpentier, Paris; Client Gazette du Bon Ton

Dates: 2001; 1913