Thursday, November 24, 2022

The 1955 and 1956 Dodge La Femme: "By Appointment to Her Majesty — The American Woman"

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There really was an American car that left the factory with a purse as standard equipment — the 1955 Dodge La Femme. Many people of car-buying age in the mid-Fifties never heard of it, so perhaps it's not surprising that more than a generation had gone by with hardly any mention of it...
Until my massive La Femme article in the February 1988 issue of Collectible Automobile. This site is that article, multiplied in size, many, MANY times over.
Yet the La Femme was significant because it mirrored the patronizing mid-Fifties phenomenon of offering women's versions of just about anything, in this case a production car designed specifically for "Her Royal Highness — The American Woman."
This site is the largest repository of La Femme information on the Internet, written and curated by Tony Lindsey... DodgeLaFemme @ gmail.com 

How It All Began


The La Femme's Show-Car Beginnings

The 1954 Chrysler La Comtesse ("The Countess") Show Car

The 1954 Chrysler Le Comte ("The Count") Show Car
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The 1955 and 1956 Dodge La Femme: "By Appointment to Her Majesty — The American Woman"

Image credit There really was an American car that left the factory with a purse as standard equipment — the 1955 Dodge La Femme. Many peopl...