The Queen's Example

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1931, Page 9

The Queen's Example

It lias' been ', assorted by manufacturers, . writes ia London correspondent, that one cause of the slump of textiles is due to the scantiness of ■women's dress. Women, urged on by dressmakeis and edged on by the manufacturer, were on the point of being swept back to tho unhygienic sway of long skirts. But rebellion has come, and now the Queen, as ever sensible in her outlook, has decreed that'in this season's attendance at Court the feet niust bo visible and dresses have only ankle-length skirts. Hero is a complete English compromise that should cheer the manufacturers scared of flat rebellion and a baek-to-the-short-sKirt movement. The Queen", in her practical way, has approved a number of designs which are to b,e seen in the Lord Chamberlain's office by debutantes nervous in their capacity to' hit the right length. In one such gown the skirt is full and flared, hanging in. three folds; the bodice as .cut low on the front with a rounded decolletagc. The shoulder straps are ornamented with laco ruff effects. White gloves reaching to above the elbow and a little- Victorian posy complete tho ensemble. The waistline of the bodice comes below the natural waistline, and the edge of the dress, and of the train and bodice, are trimmed with pointed diamante. The trains at this year's Courts will not be longer than two yards.