SMART UNIFORMS
Festival Of Britain Staff Women staff at the Festival of Britain exhibitions all over Britain next summer will wear a uniform designed by Olive O'Neill, of Dorville. The outfit consists of a slim tailored dress and cardigan jacket in pewter grey barathea by John Knox. The dress has
a detachable gilet in white marcella with wide revers and is fastened with five large smoke-pearl buttons. It has below-the-elbow sleeves and the straight skirt has a single front pleat. The cardigan is collarless, with hip pockets and long sleeves. With this two-piece is worn a beret of the same material by Simone Mirman. Brown shoes with two buckles and medium heels and white cotton gloves complete the outfit, which will be worn by guides, supervisors and interpreters, all of them ’ girls chosen for their personality, intelligence and knowledge of languages.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27570, 12 December 1950, Page 2
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141SMART UNIFORMS Otago Daily Times, Issue 27570, 12 December 1950, Page 2
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