Ilustratiile lui FISH publicate in numerele vechi ale revistei Vogue sunt de un deliciu sublim. Odata cu anii 20 idealul de frumusete feminina se schimba radical si nu e suficient sa ai ultima rochie de la Paris, trebuie sa ai si corpul pentru ea - svelt si androgin. Cure de slabire, aparate de slabit, exercitii si pastile sunt propuse de noile saloane la moda care o transforma pe durdulia femeie eliberata de corset (care ii facea cel putin o talie) intr-o aparitie silfidica.
In 1925 an al Expozitiei Decorative de la Paris si al triumfului stilului androgin al baietanei (silueta scandura) - FISH realiza acest desen in Vogue cu urmatoarea descriere:
"Abdomen Allah" era o referire subtila la moda orientala lasciva a precedentei decade reprezentata de corpolentul Poiret.
"Entering the door on the left of Abdomen Allah, the latest fashionable building, we see an impressive female clientèle going for the baths, the Turkish baths, the steam baths, the massages, and other tortures prescribed by the terrible Turkish regimen. Observe that the ladies look like five of the most well-fed Ottomans of the Roman Empire. But wait... Incredible as it may seem, the quintet of Vogue mannequins you see exiting on the right are the same monumental matrons that, on the left, used to occupy much more than their fair share of tridimensional space. And the baths accomplished this miracle. Now they will be able to face their dressmakers with their heads held up high and fit inside small sized dresses without ignominy, shame, or rubber girdles."
Silueta W devenea silueta I.
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