Rational Dress Society

Oscar Wilde and Karl Marx and Engels all wrote for the New York Tribute. It also published the very same man who founded both the Republican Party and The New York Times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New-York_Tribune#History

Re: Rational Dress Society

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Post by bunabhucan » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 4:22 AM UTC

Dress rehearsal for:

https://live.staticflickr.com/754/23070284806_5a81f5805e_o.j...

Re: Rational Dress Society

#8

Post by jancsika » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 4:27 AM UTC

Unfortunately, popular music of this era lacked both the speed and momentum sufficient to power the movement.

It wasn't until James P. Johnson's invention of his famous Charleston engine in the 1920s that women's dresses were finally able to reach escape velocity.

Edit: get that pun right!

Re: Rational Dress Society

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 4:43 AM UTC

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Re: Rational Dress Society

#10

Post by 7373737373 » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 4:47 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #3

Wait till you learn about the Sunday Lecture Society.

Or the Cloud Appreciation Society