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And Dorothy says...
And oh, those clothes! “[Her clothes] were estimated the other day by some statistician to weigh two pounds. Probably a libel; I doubt they come within half a pound of such bulk.” “[she] isn't wearing much, this summer. If you'd like to know exactly, it is: one dress, one step-in, two stockings, two shoes. A step-in, if you are 99 and 44/1OOths percent ignorant, is underwear-- one piece, light, exceedingly brief but roomy.
Her dress, as you can't possibly help knowing if you have even one good eye, and get around at all outside the Old People's Home, is also brief. It is cut low where it might be high, and vice versa. The skirt comes just an inch below her knees, overlapping by a faint fraction her rolled and twisted stockings. The idea is that when she walks in a bit of a breeze, you shall now and then observe the knee…”
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Bliven, B., (1925, September 9). Flapper Jane,
The new republic
, 65-67.
The nerve they have wearing skirts above their knees!
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