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Long Before Lady Gaga

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Joshuah Bearman

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There was Gerald (and Sara) Murphy:

Looking comfortably mechanical at the Comte Étienne de Beaumont’s Automotive Ball in 1924.

P.s. How awesome is it that there was such a costume ball?

P.p.s. Looks like Gerald’s costume came complete with a revved up engine under the hood!


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Joshuah Bearman
Joshuah Bearman has written about CIA missions, jewel thieves, deranged private investigators, aspiring Fabios, bitter rivalry among dueling Santa Clauses, and the metaphysical implications of being the world’s greatest Pac Man player. His article for Wired became the movie Argo.

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  1. Ellie Avatar
    Ellie

    That is reasonably (a) insane and (b) brilliant. However, long before this zany crew, there was a certain Sun king complete with birdcages in wigs and three-foot panniers EITHER SIDE of skirts. Yeah.

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