RESTRICTIONS
ON GARMENTS IN EFFECT
Conservative
Groups Rail for Modesty
SPRINGFIELD, ILL—The War Production Board (WPB)
issued limitation order eighty-five (L-85) on March 8, 1942, effective August
17, 1942, to “conserve material for victory.” This order freezes the silhouette
of garments so no major changes can be made. Among restrictions, hems on skirts
and dresses cannot exceed seventy-two inches from the collar and only one and
three-fourths yards of fabric can be used in a garment. Some groups, such as
the National Catholics Women’s Union, urge modesty. Speaking from its annual
meeting here last week, the Union asserts that “…costumes for sport and play
are shamelessly brief.” Instead of seeing the conservation as patriotic, the Union
sees the “…moral breakdown of the people in an act of treason, not one of
patriotism.”
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