FASHION IN RUSSIA
Public Opinion As Arbiter (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) MOSCOW, Oct. 10. Miss A. Testsova-Lyubi-mova of Odessa, was resentful when a Russian policeman chided her for wearing a low-cut dress in the street So she attacked him—and spent three days in gaol as a result. In a letter to the official Russian newspaper. “Izvestia,” when she was released, Miss TestsovaLyubimova said that she had copied the design for the dress from a Russian fashion magazine.
“Izvestia” took up her case yesterday and questioned the action of the authorities in making policemen on the beat the arbiters of fashion “Questions of fashion should be left to public opinion, which is an extremely fine and faultless instrument," the paper said. Miss Testsova-Lyubimova was eventually cleared of all charges.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29950, 11 October 1962, Page 17
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