FEMININE CORDUROYS
v The use of corduroy trousers of beige, green, and blue as fashionable sports and holiday wear for women may restore the status of a material which, as the name—derived from "corde dv. roi"—denotes, once enjoyed Royal favour, states an English writer. It is said; to have been invented, indeed by court tailors for the hunting dress of an old-time King of France. Originally, it was woven of silk,, but fustian served when, it C£ihe. into use among lesser ranks of- society,. and, except for the corduroy waistcoats affected by the "arty" half a century ago, has long been abandoned to the use of the labouring classes.
"His galligaskins were of corduroy, And garters,he had none— / , : was how "the "Anti-Jacobin"*describee! the mean dress-of his Weary Knifegrinder. ■. . . ■■'~"■ '...'..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 5, 6 July 1939, Page 19
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128FEMININE CORDUROYS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 5, 6 July 1939, Page 19
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