Fashion Journal — Petrov 1940 Fabric Collage

In the spring of 1940, the fashion illustrator Geoffrey Claude Turton — who signed his work as Petrov — built his cover for The Australian Women's Weekly not from paint or pencil but from real fabric: cut pieces of actual plaid wool arranged with the precision of a couturier, producing a composition of such tactile richness that it stopped readers in their tracks; the front cover reproduces his April 27, 1940 fabric collage in full — a fashionable woman in a red, green, and yellow plaid coat and matching hat, holding a leash for a black dog as autumn leaves fall, the background repeating the same tartan in a textile-rich composition — while the back presents a close detail revealing the extraordinary craft of Petrov's technique: the individual fabric pieces, the weave of the plaid wool, the precise cutting that transforms fashion illustration into textile art.

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Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal with matte laminated full-wrap cover
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 250 g (0.55 lbs)
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print; small 0.5" × 0.5" production barcode on back

Perfect For

• Fashion historians and textile art enthusiasts
• Vintage magazine collectors and Australian cultural history lovers
• Fashion designers, illustrators, and collage artists
• Students and educators of fashion illustration history
• Everyday writing, fashion sketches, and creative journaling
• Thoughtful gifts for anyone captivated by 1940s wartime elegance and craft