If this were a concern now-a-days, I think we'd have a much more properly dressed society.
And you wouldn't have to worry about enacting dresscodes in public places and on airplanes!
“June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrell, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.”
- National Photo Co.
source: retronaut
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