This fashion accessory was all the rage in the upper ranks of Parisian Society, and everyone who was anyone just had to have one or they would be shunned forever. Fifteen minutes later, someone pointed out that you couldn’t drink wine whilst wearing such a thing. The Beaky Babes craze instantly fizzled out, with the plastic cones thrown in the gutters of city streets. The designer, Pepe Le Pouffe, eventually died of shame in the Canary Islands…
Categories: Past Imperfect
Bonnywood Manor 
You find the weirdest photos. – What the Hell were they thinking?
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I’m all about finding the weirdest photos. Average and mundane just doesn’t really do it for me. Let’s do something bizarre and take a picture of it! 😉
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This is certainly an innovation. I wonder where I was when they were handing them out for free.
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Confession: Whilst you were distracted with watching the way the sunlight hit a nearby stained-glass window, I snatched the beak they were trying to hand to you and I ran the other way. I’m a bit impulsive sometimes…
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That must have been the reason. Naughty Brian. 😘😘😘
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I just had to find out more about this ‘fashion’. Apparently it was plastic face protection from snowstorms – Montreal, Canada, 1939. Though that explains the what, it still doesn’t explain why on earth someone would design it like that, and why any woman would put it on…
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Thanks for the info, Margie! I knew there must be a story behind it, but when I found the image years ago, it was one of several random images on a page, with no specific explanation. (Naturally, I “borrowed” the image because it was just too good to pass up, but I didn’t have any credits to go with it.) I wouldn’t dare put one of these on, not so much because it’s not particularly attractive, but I’m terribly clumsy and would end up lacerating nearby loved ones, which is not good…
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I was wondering if they were going for some strange ‘prismatic’ look…ROFL
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That’s it! They were using prismatics to make a bold statement about the ineptitude of conservative politicians doing unseemly things at the wrong time. Or maybe they were just drunk… 😉
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XD
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