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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 8017866, member: 79705"]Marker, watercolor and graphite fashion design sketches. Someone was dreaming of Haute Couture!</p><p><br /></p><p>Vogue has a great article of 1922 fashion illustrations so you can see what Paris was dreaming up at that time. (Illustrations are more finalized presentation pieces than the workable design sketches you have.)</p><p><a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/is-it-1922-all-over-again-in-fashion/amp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vogue.com/article/is-it-1922-all-over-again-in-fashion/amp" rel="nofollow">https://www.vogue.com/article/is-it-1922-all-over-again-in-fashion/amp</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Your artist definitely used marking pens of some type with this piece (the streaked black on back, the thin lines and terminal pooling), which weren't really a thing in 1922 so I wonder if this was created later and marked "1922" as the intended time period for the design? A costume, historical exploration, homage, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 8017866, member: 79705"]Marker, watercolor and graphite fashion design sketches. Someone was dreaming of Haute Couture! Vogue has a great article of 1922 fashion illustrations so you can see what Paris was dreaming up at that time. (Illustrations are more finalized presentation pieces than the workable design sketches you have.) [URL]https://www.vogue.com/article/is-it-1922-all-over-again-in-fashion/amp[/URL] Your artist definitely used marking pens of some type with this piece (the streaked black on back, the thin lines and terminal pooling), which weren't really a thing in 1922 so I wonder if this was created later and marked "1922" as the intended time period for the design? A costume, historical exploration, homage, etc.[/QUOTE]
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