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, June 30, 1922.
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Then, 6 inches was extremely revealing. Today, about a foot is considered revealing--if that even.
What?! Anything 4 inches above the ankle is just absurd!
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