Fascist Fashion
On this day in 1945, a focus group chose a new and more casual look for Benito Mussolini. No more Gucci for him! His new style lent itself to such sporty, theatrical activities as hanging upside from a lamppost outside the Milan train station. So, even if Il Duce did not quite revive the Roman Empire, he could be considered the pioneer of bungee jumping.
What’s more, it was co-ed, was it not? How very progressive of those Italians!