Les Gorgerettes

This hand-colored pochoir illustration from Gazette du Bon Ton satirizes women's fashion trends of the early 1920s, specifically the decorative gorgets and collars adorning female necklines. The artist depicts three figures in profile wearing elaborate neckwear, rendered in the magazine's signature refined line-drawing style with delicate red and black accents. The text mocks the fashion industry's relentless promotion of accessories that serve no practical function, arguing that women adopt each new trend without question. The piece exemplifies the tradition of fashion satire extending from 18th-century caricaturists through Daumier and into modern periodical illustration—using exaggeration and social commentary to critique consumer culture and feminine conformity. As a colored lithographic reproduction, it represents the commercial illustration methods that bridged fine-art satire and mass-market visual culture.