Short Skirts Change Lingerie

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30215, 21 August 1963, Page 2

Short Skirts Change Lingerie

It was inevitable that short skirts should put a new emphasis on lingerie.

Consider two women in shea,th dresses sitting on low chairs. One, wearing an uninteresting petticoat, fidgets, keeps tugging at her skirt, and is embarrassed. The one in a glamorous black slip with a deep trim, however, is relaxed and confident Her attitude is: what if a peep of embroidery does show? Mrs Day Partridge says there is nothing like lovely lingerie to give a woman’s

morale a lift, irrespective of her outer garments. Mrs Partridge has been designing it for her Auckland factory for 15 years. A new trend in lingerie was the longer-legged panitie, Mrs Partridge said in Christchurch last evening. Made with attractive trims round the legs and sometimes almost knee-length, they could serve as a half-slip as well. What then if the wearer sorts on a low chair in a short, tight skirt? ‘ ‘Well, long-legged panties edged with lace or embroidery are a much prettier sight that that gap ait the top of stockings,” Mrs Partridge said. Nylon tricot is still the most popular fabric for lingerie. “We prefer it because it has so much give, is more comfortable, can be made in-

to a better fit, and wears longer,” she said. When wearing a sheer pastel frock, a woman should wear a half-slip (or longlegged panties) as well as a full-length slip. “But one dark slip under a dark sheer frock is quite sufficient,” she added. Mrs Partridge imports her embroidery trims from Switzerland, often ordered to designs drawn by her sister, who is an artist. “We order embroidery In fashion colours, such as the brown tamings, champagne, amber rose, apricot, or sapphire, and send samples of it to an Auckland manufacturer to have fabrics dyed to match the embroidery,” she said. Miss Partridge is visiting Christchurch to advise patrons at Tonee Travel’s new fashion centre on lingerie fittings and length adjustments