Archive - Amazons of Paris

The Fairy of the Waist and Sélika Lazevski at the Met Gala

A fashion flash

May 7 •

Susanna Forrest

January 2024

“Ah, countess! You have not only tamed beasts!”

She could not cut a man down to size, so she was going to enslave lions!

Jan 1, 2024 •

Susanna Forrest

December 2023

"His head sits in a cabinet in the Hermitage in St Petersburg, nearly 5,000 km away."

I had encountered the man who had once lain four metres under the kurgan before.

Dec 20, 2023 •

Susanna Forrest

October 2023

“I thought all women who ran away from their husbands went to Paris.”

Mata Hari, a Pygmalion, and the Amazons

Oct 20, 2023 •

Susanna Forrest

July 2023

Agnes Willoughby, part two

A week later she bought every last possession of William’s, and he was declared bankrupt that May.

Jul 20, 2023 •

Susanna Forrest

June 2023

Agnes Willoughby, part one

"The lady is a kept mistress and ... she is also very extravagant"

Jun 20, 2023 •

Susanna Forrest

May 2023

Tag Yourself: what's your Belle Epoque stocking personality?

Where fetish meets fashion and national chauvinism

May 2, 2023 •

Susanna Forrest

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