Mad Mad Modes for Moderns Mondays - Sleepwear as Depicted by Mystery Artist! [UPDATED]
I have an exciting update as of January 2022. The identity of this artist has been discovered by prolific letterer Todd Klein. Over at his website, he presents evidence for the artist being Gaspar Saladino. Saladino was best known for his lettering work at DC Comics but trained as a fashion illustrator. No wonder these pages are so convincing as sartorial spreads! Be sure to read Klein’s detailed post for more information on Saladino and his career.
So far, most of the "Mad Mad Modes for Moderns" fashion featurettes I have shown here on Sequential Crush were illustrated by either Tony Abruzzo or Jay Scott Pike. Today I bring you a lovely two-pager from a different artist, one that I am not familiar with. This "Mad Mad Modes for Moderns" spread from Girls Romances #143 (September 1969) has a fine layout, great lettering and well-drawn figures, but the name of the artist alludes me.
There were other fashion featurettes in other romance comic titles, including the following "Romance in Fashion" from Girls' Love Stories #101 (February 1964). This page "presents the work of one artist, Cynthia Chazan, Montreal, Canada" and is obviously drawn by the same artist as pictured above. Now, here is where it gets tricky. Does this mean that the actual artist who illustrated this piece was a woman named Cynthia Chazan, or does this mean that the outfits were designed by her, à la "Patsy's Pin-up Page!"