THE FEMALE FORM
Sir-Will you allow me to protest against the letter from "Designer" in The Listenér of November 5? She, or he (I don’t think it would be "he" as men aren’t so catty) states that when a woman has to get past a WX fitting, which she says is a 32-inch waist, she is past the stage where "glamorous" can apply to her. I will have that person know that I am 5ft. 8iny in height; I have a 28-inch waist; and in: ‘order to get length in a petticoat or nightdress, or even a frock I have to take an O.S. for the former (and even that is not long enough) and an XOS in the latter, or ‘resign myself to making them myself -which, incidentally, is much cheaper. No, Sir, that was a very unjust statement. I'll bet the person who wrote that letter was S.W. and gets everything to fit. HOPE AT LAST (Wanganui).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 802, 3 December 1954, Page 5
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159THE FEMALE FORM New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 802, 3 December 1954, Page 5
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