Polaire
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Émilie Marie Bouchaud, better known by her stage name Polaire, was a French singer and actress, who became internationally known. She performed also in the United States and London, and in films.
Polaire in 1910
Mademoiselle Polaire 1895 - Toulouse-Lautrec
Polaire showing off her wasp waist (retouched photo), c. 1900
Polaire with the young man she provocatively called her "slave", photographed at the end of her 1910 tour of the United States.
Bob cut
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A bob cut, also known as a bob, is a short to medium length haircut, in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at approximately jaw level, and no longer than shoulder-length, often w
Polaire
…Polaire was skilled in using her appearance to attract attention. In her early days as a café singer in the 1890s, she wore very short skirts and also cropped her hair, fashions that did not become common in the rest of society until the 1920s. A brunette, she wore unusually heavy eye makeup, deliberately evocative…
Louise Brooks styling a "shingle" bob cut in 1929
Polaire in 1910
Lady Diana Cooper, Time (15 February 1926)
Anna Wintour with a bob haircut and a fringe/bangs