Women of the Future, 1902
Generals, marines, lawyers, coach drivers, politicians, and even artists! These were “Les Femmes de l’Avenir,” or “Women of the Future,” as imagined in a series of 20 postcards from the turn of the last century. Above is the wasp-waisted, tattooed General; below, the smartly-dressed, attentive Journalist with a post-modern duck on her hat. Despite some of these being a proto-version the whole “Sexy (fill-in-the-blank)” thing, which can be problematic, there is a sweetness and feeling of empowerment to these that modern costume equivalents (i.e. today’s “sexy general“) often lack.
See all 20 original postcards here. [via Darla Teagarden]
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:05 am
YUM!!!
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Nope, couldn’t resist this vintage voluptuiousness?
October 4th, 2011 at 5:42 am
Looking at the other 18 of them, it seems the only sexy ones are for careers that involve weapons -officers and duelists! Most of them just seem awesome.
October 4th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Why does the journalist have a duck on her head?
October 4th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
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October 4th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Maybe because the word for duck, “canard”, is also the slang for any cheap/bad newspaper. The term seems old enough to have been used for that particular meaning already back then. Also, it could be a goose, which in French is a derogative word for women. But then again, fashion from the previous century was still a strong influence and very different from what it is nowadays; fancy hats with flamboyant ornaments were customary in an elegant woman’s attire.
October 6th, 2011 at 11:26 am
Hell yes, these old French chicks are hot as hell, dressing up like men.
October 8th, 2011 at 5:37 am
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