Fashion Through The Years

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Located at 32 rue Richer, Folies Bergeres was the first music hall in Paris, and its concept of exotic women in revealing costumes has been flatteringly imitated around the world for decades. Many a less-than-mainstream performer launched her career on the stage here, most notably American expatriate Josephine Baker, who rocked the world with her risqué ”banana dance” in 1926.

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Josephine Baker Official website

Les Milandes - Josephine Baker's castle in France

http://www.alarecherchedejosephine.com/





Distinctions

Joséphine Baker était chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, décorée de la croix de guerre 1939-1945 avec palme, de la médaille de la Résistance (avec rosette), de la médaille commémorative des services volontaires dans la France libre, etc.

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