Tag: Journal des Dames et des Modes

  • The Color of Couture

    During the 1950s, L’Officiel de la Couleur des Industries de la Mode and its associated publication, Cahiers Bleu, served as trend forecasting publications for the fashion industry. As their titles imply, color forecasting was the foremost mission of both publications, L’Officiel de la Couleur being established first and Cahiers Bleu following as, “By definition, we…

  • The Extraordinary Life of Gerda Wegener

    The fact that Danish artist Gerda Wegener was one of the few female artists to find commercial success in Paris during the teens and twenties, is perhaps one of the least intriguing aspects of her extraordinary life.  Born in Denmark in 1885, Wegener studied art at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Copenhagen.  In 1912, she…