Word: dilley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...summer of anxiety for G.I. wives in West Germany. On the heels of Christian Dior and the Flat (or raised) Look came Colonel John H. Dilley and the Proper Look...
...Colonel Dilley, an infantry soldier who commands U.S. Army installations in Frankfurt, had taken a horrified glance at the sloppy and sometimes less-than-decent appearance of American womenfolk in his area. The colonel is a brave man, and so he decided to do something about it. "The attire being worn in public by some American women is not in good taste," he proclaimed. Henceforth, "women dressed improperly" would not be permitted to enter U.S. military installations in his area, including PXs, commissaries, theaters, snack bars and service clubs. Specifically taboo...
...heat of Frankfurt's summer Army wives were in no mood to accept Dilley's dictums uncomplainingly. From hundreds of Kaffeeklatsche and bridge tables rose pained outcries. "Nasty old man!" fumed a sergeant's wife. Snorted the redheaded wife of a lieutenant: "The Army can't tell me what's good taste. Next thing, they'll be taking fashion courses at West Point...
...there were also signs that the colonel had a secret army of undeclared supporters among G.I. husbands. And he got overt aid from his superiors at the U.S. Army's European headquarters in Heidelberg, which is considering whether to make Dilley's decree the official policy for all U.S. posts in occupied Germany. The way some women dress abroad, said an Army spokesman, "has adversely affected the best interests of the United States...