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Otaki Mail, 3 October 1923, Page 2

DRESS NO CLUE.

TESTING WOMEN’S CHARACTER. Div.Uv u.g in Vat no •! . Air. i'. it. U. Nevinsuti, the well knowartist, declares that it is impo -I Die vjudge woman's character by her dr>.«/ and that it i.-, equally erreliter judge of the morality of a period ! e it- fashions. France, he pointed was most licentious when the consisted of the mo -1 demure h t' '■ - r - ess costume. .Modern dre.->» wa.- complebiy lit-' barons. Woman no longer i< lied her own taste, and had neither the »• teiligcnce nor the energy to be origi-tm but was content to accept the lyr-.i'-f of fashion without considering whether or not it made her look foolish. Respectable British niiddie-cvr;; a omen, copied the fashions of the cocottee, oblivion's of the far - d ia ‘ they were often designed to hole cal defects. Air. Nevinxon ’» latest picture p l -' scuts a new type of problem. It is '-~ titled, “Portrait of an Actress." o*’ ing to the pose, the face is hidden the legs are the most, prominent l-"'-' ture. Six leading ladle- have nlri-aT claimed to be the- original of the P te " ture.