MEN, WOMEN, AND DRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 103, 4 May 1931, Page 6

MEN, WOMEN, AND DRESS.

"Lydia Languish" throws down a cynical gauntlet to men, and that inherent vanity common to my sex, which our correspondent is so aware of and exploits so cunningly in. common with her sex in their incessant war against bachelorhood, taunts me to take up the challenge. It is her scathing comment on men's attitude toward their clothes that I oppose. Admittedly a well-Avorn • theme, ■ but not from the well-worn angle of those socalled dress reformers. I attack one of the few weaknesses of the weaker sex, inasmuch as women revel in vivid colours, startling designs, ridiculous ornamentation, unnecessary scenery, and mercurial fashions, perhaps realising, 'but are not strong enough to recognise the centre of interest, namely, the face. Men, on the other hand, subconsciously recognise this fact, disclosing taste in the derided masculine styles and colours. With women, the 'bewildered eye is drawn away from the face and often they become not women clothed, but clothing "womened." The other weakness mentioned I readily admit. The world is not a feather bed for women, compelled to live ill accordance with man-made laws, but I think the majority in their hearts' know they are the superior beings of creation and are content to abide by it and foster these big stupids' amusing delusion of superiority. In disclosing them "Lydia Languish" surprises. EGOTIST.