Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

[For an informative presentation on the “reform
dress” adopted in response to this vision, and
prevailing conditions which made such a change
desirable, see The Story of Our Health Message,
112-130.]
Question.—Does not the practice of the sisters
in wearing their dresses nine inches from the floor
contradict testimony No. 11, which says they
should reach somewhat below the top of a lady’s
gaiter boot?
Answer.—The proper distance from the
bottom of the dress to the floor was not given to me
in inches.... But three companies of females passed
before me, with their dresses as follows with
respect to length:
The first were of fashionable length, burdening
the limbs, impeding the step, and sweeping the
street and gathering its filth; the evil results of
which I have fully stated. This class, who were
slaves to fashion, appeared feeble and languid.
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