Art Deco Simplicity

How great is this Summer Functions Vogue cover from May 1929 featuring a woman with an extra-long right arm? And they say models today have freakish shapes!

Guillermo Bolin is another fashion illustrator of the Art Deco period that I have only discovered through my 2014 calendar of vintage Vogue covers. He was Spanish and, based in New York, worked with American Vogue approximately from 1924 to 1935, creating numerous incidental illustrations and vignettes, as well as covers.

His illustrations often featured flat geometric shapes in the background, taking the human figure completely out of context, but that gives them even more graphic impact. I also love that the editor of that time didn’t spoil the minimalist lines of the drawing with a zillion coverlines.

I’m excited to turn this page simply because it means there is only one more month of winter. Have a great August!