MATERIALS FOR SUITS
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—l read recently that, owing primarily to import restrictions, there is likely to be a shortage of tweeds for men's clothing, and that the New Zealand woollen mills were working three shifts daily to overcome the shortage. When a similar position arose in England during the war of 1914-18 in regard to women's dress materials it was met largely by curtailing the length of women's dresses —a distinct improvement both in regard to appearance and health. Since the introduction into New Zealand of the "Oxford bags" style of trousers there must be thousands of yards of unnecessary cloth flapping, around men's legs, including the turned-up cuff. If the width of the trouser legs were curtailed and the cuff eliminated and cut more in the style of the Air Force uniform trousers (and what could be neater?) much of the alleged shortage would be made good and the price of suits reduced accordingly.—l am, etc.,
ECONOMY.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 92, 19 April 1941, Page 8
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161MATERIALS FOR SUITS Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 92, 19 April 1941, Page 8
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