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.
Great research, I loved reading this. I didn't realize that Eric Satie had been part of that scene, I always imagined him just holed away composing. Did you find out what happened to the building after Le Rat Mort closed?
Hi Betty! Well a shootout involving the Corsican mafia pretty much was the end of Le Rat Mort and after that a few night clubs took over and now it’s a bank. 🙄
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.
Yes, that’s right! It had quite a reputation as THE place to be back then. Oh to be a fly on the wall!
Nice job capturing the essence of that time and place in history!
Great research, I loved reading this. I didn't realize that Eric Satie had been part of that scene, I always imagined him just holed away composing. Did you find out what happened to the building after Le Rat Mort closed?
Hi Betty! Well a shootout involving the Corsican mafia pretty much was the end of Le Rat Mort and after that a few night clubs took over and now it’s a bank. 🙄
Thanks, I like that sort of information!