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” Legion of Honor

René Bouché illustrations evoke post-war Paris

In today’s media culture, it’s hard to imagine recording the aftermath of a war with pen and ink drawings.That’s exactly what fashion illustrator René Bouché did.Commissioned by Vogue to cover the first post-World War II couture shows in Paris, Bouché found a different world on the streets: people standing in line for bread rations, riding bicycles, flirting in cafés and dealing with paperwork. Read More
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