The flâneuse: Women Walk the City by Lauren Elkin

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…..

ruth-orkin

American Girl in Italy by Ruth Orkin, 1951

William Blake

William Blake

part of the landscape of my youth ~ William Blake saw angels and firey tigers and taught me that the “road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom” maybe...
Oxford Bags

Oxford Bags

My boyfriend wore a pair of “Oxford bags” in the 70s. He bought them in a shop near the westway flyover on Portobello road. They were made in a Prince of...
Nathalie ~ Portobello market

Nathalie ~ Portobello market

I met Nathalie under the westway on a very rainy autumn day sitting patiently and beautifully with her collection of debonair men’s clothes. In the image she is decoratively bedecked...
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