Alassio
1964
From the collection of Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
Alassio is a 1964 by Carven, depicting Bikini, held at Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris.
This sketch shows a woman standing sideways, arms out to the sides. She’s wearing a simple swimsuit with a patterned top and high-waisted bottom, plus a small bow on one wrist. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a quick sketch. The drawing has a small second figure in the corner—a stick-figure outline of a woman in a dress. It’s like a shorthand note, maybe for comparison. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shading with lines.
These delicate ink-on-paper drawings capture the quiet poetry of everyday things: pinecones, reeds, apples.
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