They broke laws and conventions by… wearing trousers! This week’s mini post is a Mathilde de Morny-inspired list of French women who wore “men’s clothes”. Whether to it was to better express their sexuality, or give them more freedom of
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She was an aristocrat who dressed as a man and had affairs with some of the most beautiful and famous women of her day. Keeping her sexuality secret was out of the question for Mathilde de Morny but expressing it on stage was a step too far for Paris…
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There were countless thousands of sex workers in Paris during the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) with the vast majority living miserable hand-to-mouth existences. At the very top of the profession were a select few courtesans, or démi mondaines, who
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