re: #115 CuriousLurker

>*GASP* Shorts in public!!

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Heh, I’m not sure if the above is true, but Wikipedia has a photo from the same year that is listed as being from the City of Toronto Archives and appears to be the same women.

[Embedded image]7-1937: Window shopping at Simpsons department store.

And they appear to be wearing stockings, one also w/socks. No woman would have worn shoes without wearing stockings.

That would have been pretty bold even back in the ’50s. In the south, we “dressed up” to go downtown. No pants allowed.