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| Picture No | 10131459 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | Cartoon, fashionable French women, WW1 |
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Cartoon, fashionable French women in dresses reminiscent of 18th century styles during the First World War, with a peacock and a caged parrot. Fine feathers in wartime: dress designers attempt to counter the practical move of wearing shorter, fuller skirts by employing impractical styles of previous centuries.
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| Source | Cartoon by Gerda Wegener in La Baionnette, 20 April 1916, p249 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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