Monday, June 25, 2018

Before Drug Prohibition, There Was the War on Calico: New at Reason

By Reason Staff - June 25, 2018 at 07:20AM

Rogers Fund On a shopping trip to the butcher's, young Miss la Genne wore her new, form-fitting jacket, a stylish cotton print with large brown flowers and red stripes on a white background. It got her arrested.

Another young woman stood in the door of her boss' wine shop sporting a similar jacket with red flowers. She too was arrested. So were Madame de Ville, the lady Coulange, and Madame Boite. Through the windows of their homes, law enforcement authorities spotted these unlucky women in clothing with red flowers printed on white. They were busted for possession, writes Virginia Postrel.

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