Rational Dress League
The post card was issued by the Rational Dress League, 10 Guilford St. London a movement of the middle to late Victorian age where women’s clothes were becoming more practical and comfortable rather than the restricting traditional Victorian clothing. The page from The Illustrated Police News – Saturday 9th October 1897 reports on a mob who objected to a lady cyclist’s style of dress resulting in the lady seeking refuge in a local cafe.
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