1990s Avant-Garde Fashion Original Print Advertisement — Editorial Skeleton Surrealist Style Ad
Approximately 8 x 10.5 inches.
This striking circa 1997 avant-garde fashion vintage advertisement depicts a model in a dark blazer and billowing lavender floral-print skirt seated alongside a human skeleton on a weathered industrial staircase inside a derelict building. The dramatic, low-angle composition and surrealist staging reflect the bold, boundary-pushing editorial fashion photography that defined 1990s high fashion. Original print ads of this caliber — melding memento mori imagery with haute couture styling — are increasingly sought by collectors of collectible fashion ephemera and students of postmodern design history. A visually arresting piece that transcends mere magazine advertisement status to stand as independent art.
What you see is what you get; the ad in the photo is the exact one that'll come to you. Listed sizes are close, but treat them as ballpark, not gospel.
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Go with custom framing and we'll reach out to design something that does the piece justice. We have examples from our own offices and from current clients to give you inspiration.
Every unframed ad rides safe: acid free sleeve, stiff backerboard behind it, another board up front, all tucked into a rigid photo mailer and sent USPS with 3-day tracking. It'll get to you the way it left us.