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May 31, 2009

Still in France

Paris this time, at the Casino de Paris to be precise, in the Roaring twenties, when money was short and theatre costume budgets were squeezed such that designers, after all the frills and bows, didn't have any francs for bras.

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Josephine Baker, famous for dancing on stage wearing nought but 18 bananas, danced in the Casino de Paris.

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Posted by john at May 31, 2009 11:31 AM

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