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Comte de Saint-Germain's avatar

Great piece! Colette even coined the phrase "a very Rat-Mort elegance" to describe a music hall performer who was an an attractively thin, androgynous woman with short hair, wearing a man's felt hat, a straight skirt, and who smoked. This was a trendy lesbian look in the early 1900s.

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Sarah Thompson's avatar

Nice job capturing the essence of that time and place in history!

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