The Michelin stars for fancy restaurants are handed out by Michelin reviewers. In order that the restaurant does not know that they have a Michelin reviewer dining with them that night the traditional French way of covering this up is for the Michelin reviewers to become anonymous.
Three Michelin reviewers (above) unmasked. Note the cigars in the mouths of the heads. These were removable while dining, but the cigars allowed the reviewers to blend in in fine dining establishments all over France, in the days when people smoked in restaurants.
Six top reviewers setting out to dine anonymously.
Differences of opinion between Michelin reviewers were always settled the old fashioned way.
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A thunder deity perhaps inspired by the Michelin Man.
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I've encountered quite a few vintage human giants in the course of my research.
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Publicité Michelin à Tsarskoye en Russie, 1913.
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Montmartre, course de côte au ralenti, Bibendum surveillant une Citroën, 12 septembre 1926 : photographie de presse / Agence Roll. - source Gonta Garage.
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‘The Power of the Michelin Sole‘
Poster advertising Michelin rubber soles, featuring Michelin’s mascot Bibendum showing off its patterend sole (1910). Artwork by Marius Rossillon @ O'Galop.
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nyck and his bestie on the podium in london
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(via On April 17th, 1928, the short-lived Michelin Hour radio show debuted in which an orchestra of men dressed as tires played popular numbers… | Instagram)
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