IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1928: Postwar Women Wear Less

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: April 17, 2003 | Copyright information

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LONDON: The curious theory that women always dress scantily in the years following great wars is advanced by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue, the eminent historian who was formerly the King's librarian at Windsor Castle. ''It seems to be the ...

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