The International Animated Film Society - Hollywood has a series of fine illustrations online from the 1932 Vanity Fair magazine titled The Genius of Miguel Covarrubias. In the one above, the last king of Hollyood, Clark Gable, meets the future king of England, Edward, Prince of Wales.
Covarrubias caricatures Edward to near-perfection. Checked suit, brown (suede?) shoes, coke hat, yellow gloves - the only awkward note is that Edward was unlikely to have worn a matching necktie and pocket handkerchief.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
The Two Kings
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4 comments:
The matching pocket square and tie are the first thing that caught my eye. Very nice drawing.
Great find, Will, I had not seen that photo before. I agree that the POW would likely not have worn matching tie and handkerchief but he was known to wear
matching shirt and tie
Will,
Funny you mentioned that - it was the first thing I noticed. Matching ties and pocket squares must be one of my pet peeves.
I have seen a dotted tie with a pocket square in a reverse print but thought it just looked odd rather than clever. The concept, I suppose, is to repeat the colors and pattern while avoiding a match.
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