The New Yorker Cover - Sep 10, 2012

Created by the artist Ian Falconer for the September 10, 2012, issue of The New Yorker, this cover is titled "A la Mode." Released to coincide with New York Fashion Week, the illustration features two women—one exaggeratedly tall and slender, the other short and stout—decked out in absurdly matching high-fashion outfits of royal blue and leopard print. Laden with shopping bags, they stand out in vibrant color against a background of sketchy, monochrome pedestrians.

Artistic Insight

"A la Mode" is a brilliant and incisive satire on the world of high fashion. Ian Falconer, known for his witty critiques of social mores, uses caricature to lampoon the impracticality, conformity, and spectacle of fashion trends. The two figures, likely a mother-daughter duo or simply two different fashion followers, highlight how trends are often awkwardly adapted to different body types. The artistic choice to place these colorful, flamboyant subjects against a drab, grayscale world emphasizes how the fashion-obsessed can exist in a bubble, turning the everyday sidewalk into their personal runway. The cover humorously critiques the self-seriousness of the fashion industry and the often comical results of slavishly following the latest style.

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