A Palm Beach (George Barbier)

A palm beach: Tailleur, de Worth from Gazette du Bon Ton No. 5 Pl. 40 (1921) fashion illustration in high resolution by George Barbier. Original from The Rijksmuseum.

George Barbier (1882–1932) was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes, to illustrate books, and to produce haute couture fashion illustrations.