Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-05 | Page 3 | Viscountess Proposes Government Should Design the Clothes You Wear

u : 1 : , . I VISCOUNTESS PROPOSES GOVERNMENT SHOULD ' DESIGN THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR 4 -o'- bcxuOW ca;mi!-' Z" y s ft "P vOu OO not DCiGcr , N FOLLOW CQEAK 1 noThlth 1 lCOl'N-IXJ 'TllJio eC.ixij-rv OR (iRIMSTOM OP PPEA(?'N(3 Pie-r-eoprt s - y j conspiciou J ( l MIl.TON nin IN M K i LONDON, Feb. C. Government reg- j illation of fashions Is proposed und advocated ad-vocated by Viscountess Grlmston. This titled English society woman says every nation should have a nn-! tional' fashion commission. Composed, of. Firajt Commercial designers who' would .suggest improvement In prevailing pre-vailing styles aJid materials. Second Artists who would paas 'ipon the suggestions from thc esthetic point of view. Third Women of taste who would I decide what was becoming, utllltarlu n 1 and economical. ' "What women need." says the v Is-countess. Is-countess. "Is government of st les by women for women, Instead of by commercial com-mercial designers. "True fashion should consider tin-figure tin-figure of the wearer of the clothes, her health and her pocketbook. It woul.l promote Individuality. But designer.) de-signer.) don t lii this. "It's easy to toy a woman doesn't have to conform to the clothing of the day. But it requires great independence independ-ence of mind lo Wea.T something differ! dif-fer! ut. "If you do not follow freak fashion- yoi are accused of appearing conspicuous. con-spicuous. "The result Is that women Slavishly follow commercialized fashion. "We must have Caahlop, but we needn't continue slaves to fashions with narrow outlook, frequent eh.'ingr:-and eh.'ingr:-and false standards of smartness."