Happy June

‘Autumn Forecast’, by Eduardo Benito, for British Vogue, July 1929Here’s a bright and happy picture to wish in June. It’s winter in Melbourne, but I am ringing in the month in sunny Barcelona, and will be hopping on a plane to Lisbon, Portugal in two days’ time. Not that I’m trying to make anyone jealous or anything.

This classically Art-Deco illustration ‘Autumn Forecast’, was created for British Vogue’s cover of July 1929 by Eduardo Benito. His style was distinctive, and very simple and minimalist even for an era famed for its streamlined style. His colour palette here is particularly bold and summery.

When I bought this calendar and first flipped through the pages to see this image, I was immediately reminded of another Vogue image from, I think, the 1990s. Benito’s illustration is recreated out of sorbet, strawberries and orange zest.

For British Vogue; photographer/stylist Tessa Traeger (?)My tearsheet does not credit the image, but if I remember correctly, the photographer is Tessa Traeger. (An exhaustive search of her website failed to turn up this image however, although there are many others like it, where food is used to create an illustration.) How amazing!

Now go have a gelato or something.