Des roses dans la nuit (Roses in the Night): Evening Gown by Worth

This hand-colored pochoir print from Gazette du Bon Ton showcases an elegant evening gown against a stylized Art Deco trellis and hanging wisteria. The figure wears a white draped gown with dramatic green silk scarves and jeweled accessories, embodying 1920s luxury fashion. Rather than satire, this plate represents the magazine's core purpose: celebrating haute couture through refined illustration. The pochoir technique—stencil-based hand coloring—allowed rapid production of fashion plates while maintaining jewel-like color intensity. Such magazines descended from the 19th-century print traditions of fashion commentary, adapting caricature's visual directness to commercial ends. Here, exaggerated proportions and theatrical staging—the elongated figure, the precious setting—communicate desirability and aspiration rather than critique.