 At age seventeen Iribe provided illustrations for the popular "L'Assiette au Beurre" and also contributed drawings and caricatures for French satirical papers such as "Le Rire", "Le Sourire", and "La Baïonnette".His reputation grew, and it was said, “no one could sketch an event more tellingly.” He was one of a talented group of like illustrators including George Barbier, Georges Lepape, Charles Martin, and Pierre Brissaud.Their modernist style, informed by both the vitality of the revolutionary art movements of the era, and by the flat planes and minimalism identified with Japanese painting served to revitalize the popularity of the fashion plate.