“UNBUSINESSLIKE BLOUSES.”
The great London banks have decided to censor the dress of their girl'clerks. Colour, texture, and cut have all come in for criticism, suggestion, and even prohibition. In' their search for coolness during the heat wave, some girls achieved an effect which, they were told, was “unbusinesslike.”
The “inspectors” deputed to act as censors have clung to the word “businesslike” as their salvation in all embarassing discussions. In one case the neck of a jumper was the issue. “You know how knitted silk drops,” was the girl's plea. “Yes, but it’s not businesslike. Cast on a few more rows of stitches,” and the ease was dismissed.
In another bank a girl was told to wear skirts of a more “businesslike” length. A colleague of hers was told that a shallow “U” was more “businesslike” than the rather acute “V” of her corsage. “The colour of your dress is too light. Wear something more businesslike,” was the sentence in a Lombard Street case; and another girl was ordered to adopt sleeves which reached to the elbow —the shortest limit that harmonised with “business.”
At present there is no attempt to approach uniformity or a uniform.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2338, 6 October 1921, Page 4
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196“UNBUSINESSLIKE BLOUSES.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2338, 6 October 1921, Page 4
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