Edwardian street style: Astonishing amateur images which capture the fashion of women in London and Paris over a century ago
more @ Mail Online
June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrill, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.” National Photo Co. from Shorpy
[see also 1933 measuring @ so30s :]
“A QUESTION IS RAISED: will there be skirt-pants in 1911??”
fantastic find from shhme
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