A "REFRESHING SIGHT"
Most people who see the Queen as she goes about in London agree that there is something cheering in her daintilyclad figure in its attractive, pastelcoloured ensembles. As head of the Women’s Services, she is entitled to wear at least three uniforms, but she has never appeared in public in any of them, and troops and war workers have commented many times upon the “ refreshing sight ” of Her Majesty in soft, clinging fabrics of delicate hue. The Queen invariably chooses shoes which match her ensemble exactly. At the Forum Club she was in crepe de chine of harebell blue, with court shoos en suite, and, although British Royal ladies never set a fashion intentionally, Her Majesty’s slippers were a reminder that there is a great-deal of colour in tho new autumn footwear. It has been suggested that scarlet rubber soles and emerald green heels will help to popularise the more solid types of footwear which are necessary now that women must walk so much more than they have been used to doing.—Julia Hendricks, in tho London ' Sunday Times,’ 3/12/40.
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Evening Star, Issue 23817, 22 February 1941, Page 19
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182A "REFRESHING SIGHT" Evening Star, Issue 23817, 22 February 1941, Page 19
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