FASHIONS IN COURT.
PAiIUS STltLiLi DICTATES. - “CREATIVE BR A INS.' ’ LONDON, Oct. 20. During a High Court action against a dressmaking firm for failing to supply costumes in accordance with fashionable requirements, a buyer lor Barker and Co., of Kensington, who was called as an expert witness, gave evidence that a dres s 44 inches long should have a bust measurement of 36 inches, and a hip measurement of 44. Every two inches added to the length necessitated the addition of two inches to the girth. This rule enabled the stores to supply by post a dress- to fit any woman. If the woman happened to be short or slightly abnormal in shapes the ciress could be easily adjusted. Ready-made dresses, the layer continued, were sold wholesale at from 2s 6d to 13 guineas. Mr. Justice McOardie: Many husbands, on learning that, will immediately reduce their household allowances ! . The witnes sadded that m 1925 skirts were fuller than in 1924.
Mr. justice McOardie: Wily? Witness: Because the Paris mouel houses create the fashions, and all the world follows their lead. . Mr. Justice McOardie : Do you mean to say that Britain follows Paris?
Witness: Yes. Mr. Justice McOardie : The French nation must congratulate itself. Witness : It lias creative brains.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 November 1925, Page 2
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