WOMEN'S FASHIONS.
DRAPERS' SUMMING UP. LONDON, August 29. An age in which drapers' stores will be mere beauty parlours in which the lingerie departments will be composed of tatooists and the frocks will be cosmetics, was predicted for the near future by Mr Holbrook Jackson in an address to the Drapers' Conference at Oxford. . "Women are becoming too ,shy to wear elothing*" declared the speaker. He asserted that the abandonment of clothing necessarily follows women's emancipation and entry into industry. As they shed their garments they become less attractive, and have therefore more chance of becoming efficient in business and industry, he said. . Another prominent draper, Mr Trevor Fenwick, said that selling fashions and styles to-day was like backing horses, except that nobody gave any tips. "Fashions are a more powerful force now than ever, and have been affecting both meii.and women," said Mr Fenwick.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 288, 16 September 1933, Page 6
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