26 OCTOBER 1945, Page 14

THE DRESS SHIRT

Sta,—In a recent number of The Spectator your contributor, "Janus," inveighed against the fiat issued by some of the luxury restaurants in London regarding the wearing of evening dress. One could not but agree with his remarks under existing circumstances, but that he should have added totally uncalled for and unwarranted statements about damage inflicted on dress shirts by laundries is unpardonable. Very few dress shirts are likely to find their way into the laundry at present, but where they do the prices charged are regulated by the Central Price Regulation Committee of the Board of Trade. Laundries accepting that class of work take great care to give a satisfactory finish. It is not, therefore, true to say that the damage inflicted by laundries on dress shirts is Director of Research.

British Launderers' Research Association, 1-IendOrt, N.W. 4.