La Vie Parisienne. August 18, 1923. by FRANCE - PARIS - SOCIETY PERIODICAL) - 08- 1923.

Paris.. 61 Annee. No. 33.. 08- 1923.. August 18, 1923 issue of this French periodical, color centrefold and two full page color illustrations plus color pictorial wrappers, 18pp. (numbered 671-688), 14 x 10 1/2 inches. Light creasing and soiling to covers, good to very good condition. The chief feature is the assortment of exquisite illustrations of beautiful and chic young women - swimming, smoking, and lounging naked on a bed. There are verses and comic dialogues accompanying the illustrations, and several pages of attractive period advertising. A glimpse into the bonne vie of interwar Paris. "During World War I, General Pershing personally warned American servicemen against purchasing the magazine, which boosted its popularity in the United States. 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." (Wikipedia) .