FACTORY WORKERS’ HATS
SAFETY FIRST COMPETITION. Because women factory workers will not wear “safety first” hats, which they say, are either uncomfortable or unbecoming, Bootes, Ltd., Sydney, which is engaged on large-scale aeroplane and armoured vehicle production, has conducted a hat-designing competition for its workers. Men and women both sent in new and striking designs, which were judged by four women, including the editress of “Vogue,” and the Chief Inspector of Factories, Sir William Garrett. Out of 400 entries, a woman airframe factory worker—young, attractive, and newly-married, won the first prize of £5O, with a brown linen, peaked cap with a yellow snood enclosing the hair. A man was the runner-up. Most of the men, but few of the women present, selected his smart, workmanlike white canvas hat, fitting close to the head, as best.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1943, Page 4
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135FACTORY WORKERS’ HATS Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1943, Page 4
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