WIMBLEDON DRESSES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 50, 27 August 1938, Page 18

WIMBLEDON DRESSES

There was a division of opinion over the styles favoured by two famous stars, Mrs. Wills-Moody and Miss Helen Jacobs, states "The Post's" London representative, writing on August 5. Briefly, it was a case of shorts versus dresses. It seems that Mrs. Wills-Moody has set her face against shorts and short dresses. She favours an outfit of short skirt and waistcoat, designed by herself, in matt dead white crepe. It is like a schoolgirl's uniform, with an allround pleated skirt, which does not reach the knees and is mounted on a white cotton bodice and fastened with a zip on the left side. Over this Mrs. Wills-Moody wears a sleeveless waistcoat with long V and revers, two button fastenings, and a single pocket. This is slightly shaped at the waist and the monogram on the pocket has been designed by the star herself. Two types of shorts in two different materials, with accompanying mantailored shirts, were worn by Helen Jacobs. In hot weather this star finds it cooler to play in shorts of lightweight green gabardine, made with a centre inverted pleat and box pleats over each knee. She has discarded tho thin stripe down each side for this season. With woollen shorts Miss Jacobs wears fine woollen shirts. With shorts of matt crepe she prefers deadwhite shirts of fine lisle thread...

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