A Dress for 30/-

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 5

A Dress for 30/-

CAN IT BE DONE? SUN READERS INVITED TO TRY

Prize of £2O Offered

A girl who works in an office wrote to the Lady Editor the other day complaining about the cost of living in general and the price of clothes in particular. An argument then started as to how much a woman should spend on a dress. The controversy reached the reporters’ room, engendering more heat than light. A much-married sub-editor held that a couple of pounds was enough for any woman to carry atout on her back at one time. M A susceptible, but still neart-whole reporter, thought that “at least a fiver” was a fair thing for a girl to spend on a frock if she expected to be taken to the races. The office typist claimed that it was possible to make a dress for 30s that wouldn’t disgrace the wearer on the Ellerslie racecourse. The statement was received with incredulity and the editor was appealed to. After due deliberation the editor said: “Why not put the matter to the test? THE SUN will invite its women readers to make a dress out of materials costing not more than 30s and offers a prize of £2O for the best one sent in.” HOME DRESSMAKING ONLY The competition is confined to amateurs, and professional dressmakers are not eligible. A committee of three expert dress designers will be appointed to judge the exhibits, which will remain the property of competitors, and will be returned within one week of the award being made.

CONDITIONS 1. —The competition is open to SUN readers throughout New Zealand. 2. —The materials used in making the dresses entered in this competition must have been purchased from shops advertising in THE SUN and the total cost must not exceed 30s. 3. —The dress must be seasonable and suitable for wearing out of doors. 4. —Cash dockets, showing the purchases of the material vised, must be sent in along with the dress for the inspection of the judges. 5. —The decision of the committee of three expert dressmakers appointed by THE SUN to judge the entries must be accepted by competitors as final, and from which there may be no appeal. 6. —Entries are to be at the disposal of THE SUN for one week after the judging is complete, for the purpose of exhibition, after which they will be returned to competitors. 7. —Each competitor must enclose her name and address in a sealed envelope and pin it to her exhibit. 8. —Notice of intention to compete must be given on the covipon published below and posted or delivered to THE SUN Office on or before Saturday, May 21. 9. —All dresses entered in this competition must be wrapped in parcels and delivered to THE SUN, Wyndham Street, Auckland, on or before Tuesday, May 31, addressed: Manager, THE SUN 30/- Dress Competition, c/o The Lady Editor, THE SUN, Auckland.