LONG OR SHORT?

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 106, 1 November 1930, Page 19

LONG OR SHORT?

Tlie Skirt ;■ Question'

. "The arrival.'.of..,' .autumn..- weather provided 'the ~.clinching- argument against the long- skirt recently: reintrodueed," says ;i 'woman • writer in.1 the "Daily Mail.". . "Everywhere women arc discussing, the impracticability or.' trails and.frills,-, which "when they: are not scooping, up .the dust, of the roads and floors ■ are gathering up-the mud and perishing in sudden rain-showers. Since last autumn; when, the'return to long, skirts was decreed.' by Paris.: and many women, took' to them for .afternoon and street..wear,: as well- as for the evenings, many .protests have 'been made, by-., dress, designers o™ainst a fashion which, was at onto' fettering and expensive. Now young girls are realising iha,t'. such • grandmotherly styles give them an. older appearance, and make a graceful, easy carriage diflicult. The' sudden transition to gowns, whic,h require' from 7 yards to B'yards of-material■ more than the gowns, of previous, seasons, with,a tgsultaut Tise-.iu. prices of 2o per cent, to -10 per-cent.,"is causing' many to', re-flee-t deeply. ..Women- in all parts' of the country are ■ desirousr of returning to.more abbreviated gowns....Their verdict -is .that the saving of money and discomfort* is. such, that they, intend to remain-partisans of the shorter skirt." . . . ...... A young dress designer. in London recently stated that1 she- believed the turning point'in/dress lengths .'had arrived. She said: —■' ■ . "Although the autumn collections which I have'seen recently give the .longer skirt and • more pronounced bodice, I believe 'that feminine opinion will eventually ' overwhelm the desires of the salons to' popularise the long frocks. ' 'We. shall soon see. a widespread return to our 'own charming short gowns.''' • ' - * •"■■■' ' ' ' ' '■ ■'. ;