BEACH TAILOR-CENSORS KEPT BUSY IN THE WINDY CITY
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On June 18, 1921 "seamstresses with pins, needles (and) thread" were prepared "to censor the bathing suits worn by women and sew in those who violated prohibitions against the display of legs and shoulders."
The city ordinance had been in effect during the year 1921 but previously choice of swimwear was "left almost entirely to the conscience of the wearer."
Apparently, the conscience of the wearer was no longer acceptable in the summer of 1921 as "hundreds of women" wearing last year's swimsuits "kept the beach tailor-censors" busy."
SOURCE
"Beach Seamstresses Sew Up Daring Suits," The New York Tribune, June 19, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
