Ribbed - Interwoven Socks (1922) by J.C. Leyendecker Size:45x60 cm / 18x24″ It’s equal parts sexy and

It’s equal parts sexy and sarcastic… the kind of print that makes you smikr at you while you’re brushing your teeth

the intimacy comes from Walker’s gaze

Sensual yet fractured

Each figure feels like a moment in motion

the old man may appear immortalized as someone who had everything

Ribbed - Interwoven Socks (1922) by J.C. Leyendecker Size:45x60 cm / 18x24″ It’s equal parts sexy andJ. C. Leyendeckers Ribbed Interwoven Socks (1922) turns a quiet reading moment into pure menswear theatre. Published in The Saturday Evening Post on October 21, 1922, the design was commissioned by the Interwoven Stocking Company. A man lounges in an orange robe, pipe in hand, one ribbed sock sharply displayed like the punchline. No known lover or sitter is attached; the charge is all pose and polish. Product advertising becomes coded glamour: