STYL. BLÄTTER FÜR MODE UND DIE ANGENEHMEN DINGE DES LEBENS. (JOURNAL FOR FASHION AND THE PLEASANT THINGS OF LIFE) de STYL - 1922

Berlin: Verlag Erich Reiss and Verlag Otto v. Holten, 1922. Erster Jahrgang, Heft 1 to 10 in seven fascicles. Complete first year. 4to, pictorial wrappers preserved in modern brick-red custom clamshell box with gilt-lettered spine label. Ink note on wrapper of Heft 3 . Excellent condition. Art Deco fashion and lifestyle periodical comparable to the French Gazette du Bon Temps. Total of 91 numbered plates colored in pochoir. Separate detailed descriptions in back of each volume. A plethora of stylish advertisements, many in stunning pochoir color for elegant shops for men and women, textiles, porcelain and crystal, furniture, Steinway pianos, cigarettes, automobiles, perfume, and so on. Articles with pochoir illustrations in the text on the joys of (upper class) life: sports, theater, cuisine, music, and shopping. Verse and stories by Bruno Frank and Emil Ludwig and illustrations by Emil Orlik, Ludwig Kainer, Walter Trier, E. R. Weiss, George Kobbe and Marie Laurencin, among many others. Laid in, as called for in the Index, are separate inserts for "Pariser Modenbrief" in issues 3, 4 and 7 and a separate section in issue 5/6, "Blätter des Verbandes der Deutschen Modenindustrie" with twelve fashion plates from twelve Berlin shops, which does not seem to appear in the Index.. Original Wrappers.. Fine. 4to.