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…
Previously published. No changes made. (It’s been a lazy day…)
Categories: Past Imperfect
Bonnywood Manor 
I wonder if Madonna got her inspiration there in Paris.
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Makes one wonder, doesn’t it?
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Ha – it could be fashionably useful these days )
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True enough. But really, I think this muzzling device just might be the right thing for certain people, all the time… 😉
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I know who’s on the top of my list!
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I am trying to think of something nice to say but I got nothin’. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
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Sadly, thinking is a skill that evades certain people…
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I totally need one of those. Think of the point I could make…. literally!…. when disagreeing with my husband.
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But then he’d still say ‘Honey, I could come over to your side, but then we’d both be wrong…’ 😋
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He wouldn’t dare.
😉
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Rivergirl: This totally redefines the concept of “pecking order”…
bentrein: I would imagine that you could easily work this image into one of your stories. Do it! 😉
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Oh… I could use one of those. People would DEFINITELY keep their distance.
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I’m thinking the exact same thing. I’m currently searching on eBay… 😉
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This just have been a long time ago; it would be perfect now, in the remnants of the Persian empire!
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I think my dyslexia got away with me. I really read Persian, yet it says Parisian… Sorry!
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Just blame it on the absinthe. I know I do…
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Choice of wine consumption or being a fashionable sticky beak- no glugging contest.
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But if you happen to find yourself in an impromptu pole-vaulting contest, you have a bit of an advantage with the competition. (“And she wins by a nose! The crowd roars.”)
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Is there any backstory about this fad? I don’t understand why would they wear that… however, those things would be so useful today… 😅
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Here’s a little snippet I found on the Internet:
https://www.projectb.com/blogs/news/11305889-1939-snow-cone-face-mask
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Now I know…
Thanks for taking the time to look for its background…
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Just checked. It says c.1939. Wow, thanks! I didn’t know there’s a prophet from Canada.
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There are prophets everywhere. The challenge is recognizing such when we see them…
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If the beaks are a little longer, they’ll be great for social distancing.
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And you could clean cobwebs out of high corners!
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I wonder if there are any coal mines in the Canary Islands? (Sorry, that’s the best I could ‘come up’ with — it’s a lazy day for me too.)
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It’s fine to take a break from your normally exemplary commentary, every now and then… 😉
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Aren’t those supposed to be witches’ noses? 😉
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They can be whatever your personal visions want them to be… 😉
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Was this photograph found amongst the paperwork of the designer of Concorde?
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Right next to a packet of complimentary peanuts and seat-mate who won’t shut up…
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Social Distancing Face Masks became less appealing once the Paris Café Society reopened.
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The condiments kept getting knocked off the tables. It was a wretched situation…
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Clearly I’m not the only one confused by this picture, as well as deeply concerned about the mental state for every person involved in it. I hope you’re able to provide some answers? In particular, did they receive help?
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I can’t reveal all of the details until a certain court matter has been adjudicated…
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Still waiting for the answers. I hope it’s a good one.
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Here’s one of the answers:
https://www.projectb.com/blogs/news/11305889-1939-snow-cone-face-mask
But actually, we may never know the true story…
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Thank you, Brian.
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So it were the French that made it cool now to weare freaky masks…. I knew the fashion idustry is also complicit on us wearing masks as a normality, I actually feel weird if I go out without a mask, only the French had to predict this…. although those are very weird mouth pieces
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I don’t know if “cool” is the right word, or how invested the French might be, but yep, the masks are freaky. I could get into wearing one for about 15 minutes, then I’d be done and on to the next whatever…
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You know that the WHO (World Helath Organization) have said puclicly now, a bit late I think, that the masks don´t really help to prevent anything at this point. Yes, the gurus of the U.N finally said it
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It appears that we might be getting our news from different sources. Yes, there was one renegade official with a negative view of mask-wearing, but it was quickly quashed by the overall organization. In the end, though, it doesn’t seem to matter. Some people will do whatever they can to protect the folks around them, and others will have a different take on things. That’s how life works….
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