The flâneuse: Women Walk the City by Lauren Elkin

American Girl in Italy by Ruth Orkin, 1951

Continuing my curiosity concerning positive words for Female Dandys

Flâneuse: Women Walk the City by Lauren Elkin, published by Chatto & Windus.

“A tribute to female flâneurs: the women who reclaimed our city streets. The flâneur – the keen-eyed stroller who chronicles the minutiae of city life – has long been seen as a man’s role. From Virginia Woolf to Martha Gellhorn, it’s time we recognised the vital, transgressive work of the flâneuse.”

There are a lot of us about…..