Fashion A Chameleon
Four years ago, au elegant woman I was a woman whoso waist was below ■her hips, and whoso skirts wore alabove her knees. To-day wc turn round in tho street to stare with astonishment at anyono who still persists in so extraordinary a fashion. In 13.12 women wore hats as big as cartwheels; today their hats are so small that we hardly know whether they arc ■wearing hats or not. In 1800 ,a thousand yards of muslin could be absorbed in the flounces of one evening dress; in 1928 half a yard of material was apparently sufficient. In ISO0 —but why multiply instances? The vagaries of fashion are so well known that they are taken for granted, and we are apt to forget that this continual change in tho accepted standard of feminine attire is one of the oddest facts of human life.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7032, 16 December 1932, Page 2
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146Fashion A Chameleon Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7032, 16 December 1932, Page 2
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