Posts Tagged paul poiret
Suffragette postcards: harem pants 2
Posted by womanandhersphere in Collecting Suffrage on August 1, 2012
‘Not In Those Trousers’ 
is the caption to a hand-painted postcard (the artist has initialed it ‘K.S.’). The subject of the remark is a lady in a purple and green outfit – a long tunic over ‘harem’ trousers – wearing a green and purple hat and carrying an umbrella. The author of the remark, a dapper gentleman, stands in the background.
I think that, in this case, the deliberate choice of colours may indicate that a suffrage inference might be drawn. The style of dress is, again, very Paul Poiret – see this week’s ‘Suffrage Stories: ‘Madame Mantalini’ post.
Very good – unposted. The reverse of the card has a rectangle marked – in the top right – to receive a stamp ‘Inland Postage 1/2d. Foreign Postage 1d.’ £15 post free.
To buy: email e.crawford@sphere20.freeserve.co.uk
[Woman and her Sphere logo on the image here is not, of course, on the original card]
Suffragette postcards: harem pants
Posted by womanandhersphere in Collecting Suffrage on July 30, 2012
A comment on the ‘look’ that Paul Poiret was promoting c 1909 – although perhaps not to Margot Asquith – see ‘Suffrage Stories’ post -‘Madame Mantalini’.
‘HI! MISS! YER TROWSERS IS A-COMING DOWN’ shouts tyke to elegant young woman sporting ‘harem’ trousers. Pre-First World War, published by Felix McGlennon, who having been a rather successful song writer and music publisher, jumped on the bandwagon and added the publication of postcards to his repertoire as the postcard craze swept Edwardian Britian.
Not actually ‘suffrage’ but very much of its time. In very good condition – very glossy- £25 post free.
To buy email e.crawford@sphere20.freeserve.co.uk
Woman and her Sphere 