NEVER AGAIN!
GROUND-SWEEPING SKIRTS LONDON, Nov. 20. “ Illogical as we women are often said to he, our common sense will never again allow us to sacrifice health to fashion after our delightful taste of freedom,” says the Marchioness of Queensberrv, daughter of Harrington Mann, the artist, in a letter to the Daily Mail. To-day’s sensible, comfort able, and pretty clothes are an asset to women’s participation in the lives of men, if not a direct result of opr independence. .1 advise women to hand together and resist the reintroduction of ground-sweeping skirts, which" are horribly unhealthy as well as ugly. If is a different matter Avit.li evening dresses. As a painter 1. am satisfied with the new style in which we perceive distinction where only boyish standardisation previously Avas visible.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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130NEVER AGAIN! Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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