the Mata Hari shop (London)

English translation: Mati Hari Boutique, London (1967)

20:28 Jan 31, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
English term or phrase: the Mata Hari shop (London)
"The Face"
A frequently used graphic in the 60’s, which was used to symbolize the independent modern woman. The International Times cover is from issue number 14. The Picture comes from the Mata Hari shop in London.

Was that simply a store where Mata Hari memorabilia was sold? The text I'm translating comes without pictures (of course).
I've found this picture: http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200601/31/13/e0039513_16193033.jp...
but as far as I know the woman in the poster is actress Theda Bara, who was also pictured on the IT logo
( http://www.hoppy.be/indexit.htm ).
Joanna Borowska
Poland
Local time: 01:43
Selected answer:Mati Hari Boutique, London (1967)
Explanation:
This may be the answer to your question. The English love to use French words!!!

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-31 22:09:36 GMT)
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Sorry! Read your question again, and perhaps this is not an answer, but does seem to indicate that there was a shop called Mati Hari. Whether this even sold memorabilia is uncertain. But the answer to your question is at best speculative: it is quite likely that such a shop would have sold such memorabilia. More than that seem difficult to prove.
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William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 01:43
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Thanks, Bill and Juvera! That was really helpful!
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4 +5Mati Hari Boutique, London (1967)
William [Bill] Gray
5Mata hari shop
POSH1
3 +1could be just the shop name
Alexander Demyanov
3There does not seem to be a Mata Hari shop in London so...
Anna Maria Augustine (X)


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the mata hari shop (london)
There does not seem to be a Mata Hari shop in London so...


Explanation:
It seems to be a shop selling memorabilia but there is nothing on the Internet or in the London Yellow pages to indicate a shop of that name.

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 01:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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the mata hari shop (london)
could be just the shop name


Explanation:
The fact that a shop that maybe existed in London in the 60s is not found in the Web or in London Yellow Pages now, doesn't seem very surprising. If the shop had closed back then and didn't make into some list of historical importance, nobody would think of writing about it in a web page.

My point is that while it could be what you suggest (Mata Hari memorabilia shop) or could be just a shop selling any stuff related to dance, or beauty, or visual arts, or whatever, whose owner liked the name and the associations it brings.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

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the mata hari shop (london)
Mati Hari Boutique, London (1967)


Explanation:
This may be the answer to your question. The English love to use French words!!!

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-31 22:09:36 GMT)
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Sorry! Read your question again, and perhaps this is not an answer, but does seem to indicate that there was a shop called Mati Hari. Whether this even sold memorabilia is uncertain. But the answer to your question is at best speculative: it is quite likely that such a shop would have sold such memorabilia. More than that seem difficult to prove.



    Reference: http://aspirinab.weblog.com.pt/2006/02/imagens_1_mata_hari_b...
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 01:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Bill and Juvera! That was really helpful!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  juvera: It was boutique selling very fashionable clothes, not memorabilia. I think the text actually refers to the famous picture in your web reference. The shop's name just happened to be Mata Hari, but the picture is pure 1960-ish "independent modern woman".
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agree  Dave Calderhead: and with juvera
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agree  Anton Baer: pretty good
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the mata hari shop (london)
Mata hari shop


Explanation:
Mata hari was a small clothes shop in the 1960's london, Earls Court my mother worked there making clothes for them ! I grew up listening to a sewing machine while my mum made the clothes.

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