A Dream in Vintage Silk - Episode 7

At a women's meeting, they confront a rule that enforces 'modesty' as drab dress while men wear neat suits. They complain Whitney makes clothes for the family yet wears a threadbare, overwashed collar. Speakers call the rule 'self-abuse' and 'bourgeois thinking' and cite the New Era Women's Image to argue women should be hardworking and healthy, not dressed like beggars. Tania Winston stands up and declares, "From today... women should maintain a hardworking and modest nature, but also have dignified clothing." The crowd cheers, but how they will obtain and assert that dignity remains unresolved.