LEAGUE AGAINST LONG SKIRTS.
Some of the women in England, who, although in society, are also in business, are discussing a league against long skirts. They see signs that the dressmakers and the manufacturers are going to try to make us wear skirts that are long and full, and they want to avert it. Long skirts in the evening are charming (says an English paper), but if we took to the min the day time, one wet day would cure all but those who have oars or no need to go out in the wet! What could be uglier or more uncomfortable than a sodden skirt hem? Mrs. Wilfrid Ashley is one of the women who insists that a tailor-made coat and skirt and a neat jumper makes an ideal costume for business,;
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 41, 18 February 1929, Page 11
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133LEAGUE AGAINST LONG SKIRTS. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 41, 18 February 1929, Page 11
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