THE FEMALE FORM
Sir-In your issue of October 8 I noticed there was to be a disctission on O.S. clothing between women and manufacturers. "Can. underwear for the O.S. sizes be made more glamorous and feminine?" you ask. Speaking as a designer of . glamorous afd feminine outerwear I would like to make an observation on glamour and femininity in relation to the female form. Briefly, if a woman allows herself to get to the stage where she requires a garment of any sort larger than a W.X. fitting (32-inch waist), I would say she has lost all possibility of being glamorous or feminine. She may look neat and unobtrusive; she may look maternal, homely and good natured; she may look matriarchal or comfortable; but she carinot under any circumstances look "glamorous and feminine" in the. accepted sense of the term. . So ‘why bother with all the camouflage? New Zealand women should stand back ahd take a critical look at basic things such as proportions and posture before they tty too much about frills and edgings.
DESIGNER
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 798, 5 November 1954, Page 5
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177THE FEMALE FORM New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 798, 5 November 1954, Page 5
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