Dear Sir, - Please forgive me if my writing is a bit shaky, but I am confined to bed, and it is not too easy to write on the shaking bedclothes.
Last week some friends brought me some old books to read, and among them was the copy of "London Life" in which the article on "Dress for the Maimed" was printed. This particularly interested me as very shortly the question is going to be a very definite one for me.
About three month ago I was in a motor smash in which a heavy lorry was involved with two cars, in one of which I was sitting. My right leg was crushed up to the knee, and my left to within six inches of the knee. As a result, my legs had to be amputated - my right at the hip, and my left three inches above the ankle.
I wonder what sort of a dress you would recommend me to wear to cover the crutches that I shall have to use.
I am 5 feet 10 inches in height and 18 years old. It is this matter of age that worries me so much, as it is hardly the usual thing for an 18 year old girl to have both her legs cut off.
Also, I have a friend who is about the same height and the same age, who has lost her right arm. Is there any dress that she could wear that would take peoples eyes from her empty sleeve?
I think some sort of cape, preferably mackintosh, would suit us both, so that we should need not too many sets of clothing for different kinds of weather.
Hoping that this meets with a speedy reply,
Yours truly,
Jean.