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Feb 10, 12 tweets

This is what great European cities looked like a century ago... (thread) 🧵

1. London (1930s)

...and Westminster bridge in 1896

2. Paris (1902)

...and the Notre-Dame in 1896

3. Barcelona (1909)

4. Vienna (1896)

5. Milan (1896)

6. Berlin (1896)

7. Amsterdam (1922)

8. Warsaw (1927)

And Paris again, where it was the norm to dress impeccably during the 1920s. What changed?

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