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TANGO DRESS.

PROTESTS BY WOMEN, FASHIONS DENOUNCED, Indecorous costumes were discussed at the Bteeting of the Aijstralasian ivoinen's Cohfertnce in Melhoufno last week* s \ Miss SliW mtwed; "Tiat aB members of'tjiis association refrain from the pre-va-ffing i'oshiw of iildECOroils attire," She said thai indecorous flrcrss cqmMcivced vvitli thp. transparetit yoke, and had now tceiio to the- ioet. <LaugiiU>r.) It, was dreadful to see hi trams and trains woitteu who had lost ail souse of decency and modesty, and to hear llic comments passed about them. It surprised her the Government had nottaken some ttfctiflfl. It' tiie ulifortM.natjj class of women in Meiboame wore such costumes the polieq iiouJd arrest theui. Ih some part.s of America poMeemett carried a foot rule to measure split skirts. ('Laughter.) If h.D saw a woman showi»K too much of hoi' Ie«: he would Apply the foot riije to see if the skirt eseeeded the i'«gulation leuftttt. Souse <dI the skirt.s in Melbourne were split right to the tciiee. It was desreding to re- j spectttbio wemcii to fioe others who did | net wear sufficient clothes to cover the body. A Bmirk© Street firm had a display of tango underskirts in their windows, and. e)i the . previous day she passed the window. More men Were viewing tire display than there Were svoincn. A delegate (cmphftticjlly): kike their cheek. ■ Miss Sliki said a Jady who had first come from' Paris told her if such i> display were made in the French capital the shop would he raided. Miss HtUyard said wonieii. siipuld tajie • action to displays/ofin-d-eceney. Thej; 'Svcre ' : sh'ecfeilig. ' Disffirace'ful sights were to bo seen at St. Miss Bowers said tlirtt she supposed that. slit. Skirts -fluff loiV-iieoked drosses μ-cto wohi members: of th.e association, bnt the con'fer&iice ask thciii not to indulge hi such fiisliions. Ihe motion was unanimously agreed to. one deiogato roittarkiiip: that at any rate all the representatives tor this emtorence watt) decoaroasly dressed.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2006, 13 March 1914, Page 2

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TANGO DRESS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2006, 13 March 1914, Page 2

TANGO DRESS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2006, 13 March 1914, Page 2

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