Bata Shoe Museum и Emmanuel Farre

Побывал впервые в своей жизни в музее обуви Бати. Посмотрел на экспозицию - экспозиция так себе. Хотя вещи и интересные, но единичные, ни развития обувного дела не показано, ни технологий производства. Скорее экспозиция собрана как выставка курьёзов на тему обуви. Неожиданно интересной оказалась тематическая выствка о обуви и одежде народов крайнего севера - казалось бы, при минимуме разнообразия тамошних материалов у каждой народности есть свои особенности в производстве одежды и обуви, которые четко и ясно указывают на принадлежность вещи и её носителя к определенному региону и народности. Хитрость и смекалка а также удивительное трудолюбие и кропотливость в производстве одежды впечатляют. Также понравилось экспозиция по 19-му веку, хотя многое я там знал. Но реальные вещи приятно было увидеть. Поразило искусство вышивки того времени. Не зря женщины проводили тогда столько времени за пяльцами - гладью вышитая земляника на заготовках для домашних тапочек смотрится как настоящая. ( Основной же причиной похода туда была встреча с Emmanuel Farre )

Ого, не знал

Я вообще-то её биографию не изучал, но это точно сюрприз для меня
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During World War II, Josephine Baker served with the French Red Cross and was an active member of the French resistance movement. Using her career as a cover Baker became an intelligence agent, carrying secret messages written in invisible ink on her sheet music. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre, and received a Medal of the Resistance in 1946. In 1961 she received the highest French honor, the Legion d'Honneur awarded by then President Charles de Gaulle.



During WW2 Josephine Baker worked as a French Resistance agent. As an entertainer, Baker had an excuse for moving around Europe, visiting neutral nations. She carried information for transmission to England, about airfields, harbors, and German troop concentrations in the West of France. Notes were written in invisible ink on Baker’s sheet music.Later in 1941, Baker and her entourage went to the French colonies in North Africa. The stated reason was Baker’s health (since she was recovering from another case of pneumonia) but the real reason was to continue helping the Resistance. From a base in Morocco, she made tours of Spain. She pinned notes with the information she gathered inside her underwear, counting on her celebrity to avoid a strip search.In Morocco Baker suffered a miscarriage. Baker, who’s health was already fragile, developed an infection so severe it required a hysterectomy. The infection spread and she developed peritonitis and then septicemia. After her recovery (which she continued to fall in and out of), Baker started touring to entertain British, French, and American soldiers in North Africa. After the war, Baker received the Croix de guerre and the Rosette de la Résistance military awards. She was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle. Lieutenant Jospehine Baker remains the only American-born woman to receive full French military honors at her funeral.”