ONLINE AUCTION
FROM 30/07 TO 09/09 2025
24 sales and 4168 lots auctioned later, it’s that time again.
The second edition of “Magazines de Mode du XXe Siècle” is now online.
170 lots spanning almost a century of fashion – from 1906 to 2000. A vertiginous gap between mythical or cult titles, all witnesses to their era: LA FEMME CHIC, VISIONNAIRE, L’ALBUM DU FIGARO, DAZED & CONFUSED, L’ART ET LA MODE, THE FACE, HARPER’S BAZAAR, DUTCH, FEMINA, I-D, LE MONDE D’HERMÈS, ELLE, COLLEZIONI, L’OFFICIEL, MARIE CLAIRE, VOGUE (FR, IT, UK, US), VOGUE MEN, INTERNATIONAL VOGUE, UOMO…
These magazines are not mere publications, but fragments of history patiently gathered, passionately assembled and meticulously preserved by their owners. They form a veritable living heritage, bearing witness to a century of fashion and creation, and carrying a strong emotional charge.
In turn reflections of their time, aesthetic manifestos or laboratories of ideas, these publications have embodied the evolution of styles, imaginations and sensibilities.
They tell the story of how fashion was expressed, thought about and dreamed about – and reveal both the great stylistic turning points and the social mutations of the 20th century.
These magazines are both collectors’ items and sensitive witnesses to an era: living material for anyone who loves, thinks about, creates or collects fashion.
Discover them on PENELOPE’S Instagram: @penelopesauction
An eclectic selection of images taken from the sale’s magazines – loose, unfiltered, for the pleasure of the eyes and to give free rein to one’s inspiration.
Fashion Magazines of the XXᵉ Century
𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟔. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬.
𝐕𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 ‘s rare ” Paris Openings Number ” – with covers imagined by 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲 and 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬 – captures the pulse of couture, when fashion was still designed by hand, before being photographed.
From those illustrated beginnings to the golden age of 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧 and 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧, from the unforgettable faces of 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐦𝐚 and 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐲, each issue is both archive and prophecy.
𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐮 𝐗𝐗ᵉ 𝐒𝐢è𝐜𝐥𝐞 #𝟐 brings together these century-old treasures: from the first illustrated issues to the flamboyant decades of the 1980-90s.
Not just magazines.
Monuments of style.
The echo of a century.
𝑳’𝒆́𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆́
– 𝒍𝒂̀ 𝒐𝒖̀ 𝒍𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒆́𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆.
𝑫𝒆 𝒍’𝒆́𝒍𝒆́𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝑬́𝒑𝒐𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒂̀ 𝒍’𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆́𝒆𝒔 90,
𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒆̀𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒓𝒆́𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒔’𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒆́𝒆𝒔.
𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄 ‘𝐒 𝒑𝒓𝒆́𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 :
𝑳𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒖 𝑿𝑿𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒆̀𝒄𝒍𝒆 #2
𝑭𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆 : 9 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒆 2025
✨ 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝’𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡è𝐫𝐞𝐬 | 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 ✨
𝑳𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒖 #𝑿𝑿𝒆 𝒔𝒊è𝒄𝒍𝒆 2
At 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄’𝐒 𝐀𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, rare fashion magazines – 𝐕𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐋’𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦, 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐝𝐮 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐨 – generated passionate bidding, many far exceeding their Appraisals.
From the avant-garde covers of 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 1910 to the post-war issues of 𝐕𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐔𝐒, collectors confirmed that these pages are true cultural witnesses – time capsules where art, literature and couture intersect.
In today’s all-digital age, they are a reminder of the undiminished power of paper: ink and vision continue to shape the way we look at fashion and modernity.
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