THE THREE-YARD SKIRT. Mr A H. Sanderson, a cloth merchant, gave interesting evidence in London before the committee hearing the application for a safeguarding duty ,m wool textiles. “What we are suffering for is a lack of yardage,” he said.' ‘‘Only three yards as against five and a half yards is used for a woman’s dress to-day compared with 20 years ago. But I should say that the number of dress lengths sold over the counter is increasing, because now that a woman only wants one yard and a quarter for a skirt, she has two or throe skirts instead of one. Every girl in the North Country has a special dress to wear at dances,”
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1929, Page 5
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