La Vie Parisienne (the Parisian life) was a French weekly magazine founded in Paris in 1863 and was published without interruption until 1970. It was popular at the start of the 20th century. Originally it covered novels, sports, theater, music and the arts. In 1905, the magazine changed hands and the new editor Charles Saglio changed its format to suit the modern reader. It soon evolved into a mildly risqué erotic publication. During World War I, General Pershing personally warned American servicemen against purchasing the magazine, which boosted its popularity in the United States.
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| La Vie Parisienne magazine covers in the 1920s |
La Vie Parisienne was hugely successful because it combined a new mix of subjects—short stories, veiled gossip and fashion banter, also comments about subjects from love and the arts to the stock exchange—with beautiful cartoons and full-page color illustrations by leading artists of the age. Alongside this the magazine also reflected the changing interests and values of the start of the 20th century population such as fashion and frivolity.
The artwork of La Vie Parisienne reflected the stylization of Art Nouveau and Art Deco illustration, mirroring the aesthetic of the age as well as the values, and this coupled with the intellectualism, wit and satire of its written contributions was a combination that proved irresistible to the French public.
Here below is a set of amazing vintage photos that shows covers of La Vie Parisienne magazine in the 1920s.
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, February 28, 1920 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, July 3, 1920 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, May 22, 1920 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, April 16, 1921 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, April 30, 1921 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, February 19, 1921 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, January 1, 1921 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, March 18, 1922 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, October 14, 1922 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, September 2, 1922 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, April 7, 1923 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, December 15, 1923 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, May 31, 1924 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, October 11, 1924 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, October 1924 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, September 6, 1924 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, August 1, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, December 12, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, February 7, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, February 28, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, January 3, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, January 10, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, July 11, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, June 27, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, May 2, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, November 7, 1925 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, April 10, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, August 7, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, February 27, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, July 10, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, June 26, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, May 15, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, May 22, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, October 9, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, September 4, 1926 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, February 19, 1927 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, June 25, 1927 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, May 21, 1927 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, January 7, 1928 |
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| La Vie Parisienne cover, April 13, 1929 |
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