THE QUEEN'S GOOD TASTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 96, 24 April 1931, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE QUEEN'S GOOD TASTE.

It has been asserted by manufactursrs, writes our London correspondent, that one cause of the slump in textiles is due to the scantiness of women's dress. Women, urged on by dressmakers and edged on by the manufacturer, were on the point of being swept back to the 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 must be visible and dresses have only ankle-length skirts. Here is a complete English compromise that should cheer the manufacturers scared of flat rebellion and a baek-to-short-skirt movement. The Queen, in her practical way, has approved a number of designs which are to be seen ?n the Lord Chamberlain's oflice 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 is cut low in the front with a rounded decolletage. The shoulder strap:- are ornamented with lace ruff affects. White gloves reaching to above the elbow and a little Victorian posy complete the ensemble. The waistline of the bodice comes below the natural waistline, and the edge of the dress, and of the train and bodice, arc trimmed with pointed diamante. The trains at this year's Courts will not be longer than two yards.