"La Nouvelle robe... Complication inattendue!"
Photography
Inventory number
2019.6.11.1.PH.PC.C1910.FRAuthor:
Xavier SAGER (French, 1881 - 1969)Description
This postcard depicts a woman wearing a blue dress with a heart-shaped neckline, an oversized and narrow pink hat adorned by a very large lighter pink feather.This humoristic posctard denounces the unpractical fashion of "hobble skirts". These skirts, made fashionable by French designer Paul POIRET in the 1910s, were tightened mid-calves usually by a piece of fabric, and prevented women from having full use of their legs and feet, making them "hobble". The toilet seat on the postcard and the inscription which translates to " The New dress... Unexpected complication!" hint at the woman being unable to attend to her most basic needs because of her skirt.
Materials
PaperInk
Origin
circa 1910 FranceDimensions
Length : 14 cmHeight : 9.5 cm