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by Nuttsky on November 3rd, 2009
I've seen a few illustrations from the 18th century showing a woman with a monocle, but it would have been an older woman, and probably an unconventional one.
by Firebrand on November 3rd, 2009
Some famous women have worn a monacle but more as an eccentricity ,I believe.
Women tended more toward the Pinz Nez.
by r i p facebook on November 3rd, 2009
January 1, 1930, Life Magazine's cover featured a beautiful woman wearing a monacle.
http://www.life.com/image/82500555
by Ambrose the Colossal Praying Mantis on November 3rd, 2009
I seem to recall either that literary lemon Radclyffe Hall or her wifey Una Troubridge wearing one in a photograph.
by CT on November 3rd, 2009
Women did wear the monocle but it was very rare..there was a veil designed to look like a a monocle in the 1940..
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/14/outline-of-monocle-in-ladys-veil-makes-latest-fashion/
They also became popular among the stylish Lesbian circles in the early part of the 20th Century..
by Ice man on November 3rd, 2009
I've seen old pictures of women wearing them too. Gauging by the way they were dressed I would say they were women of wealth though. +5
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Yes, I bet. I'd love to see an older photo like that. I wonder if it was considered the rebellious kind of thing to do, like smoking? Thanks, Nuttsky.
by Galeanda on November 3rd, 2009