La jupe Culotte all'Esposizione di Torino 1911 - Padiglione della Francia
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Title Proper/Title Text
La jupe Culotte all'Esposizione di Torino 1911 - Padiglione della Francia
Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca. (dated April 22, 1911 on the verso)
Dimensions Description
9x14 cm
Inscription Language
Italian (Language)
General Subject Terms
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Descriptive Note Text
This postcard displays one of the most daring fashion statements of the Exposition of Turin 1911, the "jupe culotte" designed by French couturier Paul Poiret. In the background we see the Pavilion of France. Local papers wrote that in the early evening of May 31, 1911, a young lady wore this attire under the arcades of Piazza Carlo Felice, near the train Station of Porta Nuova, creating such surprise and confusion among the passerbys that she was forced to hide in a perfume shop and then escape from an exit in the rear of the building.
This postcard was mailed to Cuneo, Italy, on April 22, 1911.
Jupe Culotte is also the title of a musical piece of the Album musicale.
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Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)
Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-PROT-0005