“SKY-HIGH HEMLINE”
Wearer Has Problem (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, August 11. The “sky-high hemline”— about the shortest skirt on record —appeared in London shops this week, the Associated Press reported. One little number was described as “thigh-high.” All were four to five inches above the knee. Sales were said to be brisk. The “Evening News” said: “Lop another two inches off these hems and we’ll be verging on the skirtless dress.” The sky-high hemline created an immediate and real problem for the wearers—how to sit down without revealing most of the thigh. Leg-cross-ing appeared to be out As the skirts shot up, Barbara Griggs, fashion writer for the “Evening Standard,” said: “The shorter skirt poses a tricky problem: How not to reveal a messy composite of stocking welt, faintly bulging thigh, suspender and girdle if you happen to cross your legs too incautiously or allow your skirt to ride up too far.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30827, 12 August 1965, Page 2
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