TROUSERS SOCIALLY TABOO

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1940, Page 19

TROUSERS SOCIALLY TABOO

A WARTIME STANDARD

I am glad to see that London women j are generally confining the use of trousers to their actual job, and that they have ceased to be" welcomed at smart luncheons, etc. Once again, the question of leave enters into this change. The average man returning from a long spell of the ultra-mascu-line atmosphere of camp and overseas service, wants his companion to refresh his eyes by looking as dainty and feminine as possible,.and the wise girl dresses up to this standard. For once, she is sure of being the complete counter distraction from any male | party. RETURN TO 1914 FASHION. Even a war will not stop fashion1 going through its normal evolution orj should I say retrogression. Experts

are prophesying a return of the bloused-at-waist bodice line that was all popular in 1914. Of course this line will have modem variations, and Molyneux, in his spring collection, is featuring, this line and wv men are asking: Is this to be the line 0.% the future? In 1914 the bloused >odice was at- ! tached to very narrow ankle-length I skirts! The bloused bo lice of 1940 has a slim, just below the knee length skirt, with fullness at. the Lsck to give freedom of movement. ■ I have sketched one of the1© models, so graceful and simple, and suitable alike for the young girl or t\e older woman. It Is usually a que&tion of colour and details: The younger woman might like short sleeves, and the\older | woman a narrower sash in matching colour. • The neckline embroidered in gold thread, with gilt buttons down the front, can be changed for silver or coloured silk or stones, or a set of, costume jewellery. There is such a change from the youthful figure-moulding bodices, with short swing skirts we see everywhere now, and the change may be gradual,, but it is a coming line. E. RUTH SIBE.EY.