Sporty fashions

Striped broadcloth shirt, grey boxcloth, county check tie, brogue shoes.

Original print by Laurence Fellows

From a 1940 Esquire

11 X 14"

     This will be shipped flat in a mailer, and not rolled.

These are all original, printed at the time. These are not reproductions.

L. Fellows – Fashion Illustrator

Laurence Fellows was born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania in 1885 and formally trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. Subsequently, he developed his technique in England and specifically in France. Upon his return to the US in 1910, Fellows became known for his Vogue-influenced drawing style that focused on shapes as a whole rather than on details. In the 1930’s, L. Fellows realigned his focus away from this simplistic ad style to more detailed fashion illustrations. As such, he worked for magazines such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, The American Magazine, and most importantly with Apparel Arts and Esquire magazine, which debuted in 1931 and 1933, respectively. Due to limited supply of male fashion artists, you could find at least one full page illustration by Laurence Fellows in almost every issue. Today, Fellows is most well known for the drawings from this decade, although he continued to work for Apparel Arts through the 1940’s.

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