{"id":191,"date":"2026-11-04T08:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/?p=191"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:14:32","slug":"how-satirical-cartoons-reflected-fashion-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"How Satirical Cartoons Reflected Fashion and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSatire has a powerful way of illuminating the times. Historically, the art form was pivotal in shaping the public debate on social and political issues, including anti-war sentiment, tariffs and labor. From 1914 to 1916, satirical cartoons offered a distinctive form of storytelling in Women\u2019s Wear. As mass media and periodicals became central sources of information, the daily welcomed illustrations that engaged with the issues of the day. In WWD, satirical illustrations also addressed fashion, bringing the form into the publication\u2019s coverage of the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Nov. 3, 1916, WWD captured the mood in, \u201cOur Pre-Election Chamber of Horrors,\u201d a reflection of the era\u2019s visual propaganda that offers, for those watching, a close comparison with today\u2019s political and social headlines. How much has changed? Like then, we\u2019ll leave that to readers to decide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:571px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/571)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Daily-Retailing-WWD_2.jpg?w=167\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Daily-Retailing-WWD_2.jpg 1850w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Daily-Retailing-WWD_2.jpg?resize=84,150 84w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Daily-Retailing-WWD_2.jpg?resize=167,300 167w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"571\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\u201cOur Pre-Election Chamber of Horrors,\u201d Daily Retailing, Women\u2019s Wear, Nov. 3, 1916. Fairchild Archive\/WWD<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satire has a powerful way of illuminating the times. Historically, the art form was pivotal in shaping the public debate on social and political issues, including anti-war sentiment, tariffs and labor. From&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}