Terrified by modern female fashion!
The Harem Skar'em!! Not in those trousers! ~~~~A lady in the latest fashion, based on the costume of the Turkish Harem - causes men to flee from her path in surprise, notably at the fact she is wearing bloomer-style trousers. This card is directly linked to the burgeoning suffrage movement of this period; by adopting female trousers from the harem and making a point of it, a situation developed that left men a little flummoxed
Picture No
10283754
Media ID
46538670
Size
2938px x 4657px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
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