DRESS REFORM.
INSANITARY MONSTROSITIES. LONDON, December 6. "Trousers are ill-favoured, insanitary monstrosities," declared Dr. Jordan, secretary of the Dress Reformers' Association, .when addressing the Institute of Public Health. "Men's evening dress is the acme of beastliness, for it carries the accumulated dirt and sweat of years. There is no place or excuse for the hideous and ridiculous bags known as plus fours. "Shoes deform and torture. We have come to regard our feet as mere props, and toes as useless relics. We ought to wear sandals. "Our clothing should allow a big surface of the skin to be exposed to light and air. In the springtime the girls come out in dainty frocks and dimples, and* the men come out in pimples."
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 293, 11 December 1929, Page 7
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