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FILM STARS PARADE. REVOLT -AGAINST FASHION. LOS ANGELES. April ?. , All l-lo'.lywood, except the hosiery dealers, applauded the latest revolt against fashion, as film stars paraded the streets with naked or stencilled limbs-. The no-stocking craze has swept tlie motion picture colony, .until nearly all the “silver-sheet” beauties are getting back to nature, or economy— * lews first. Officially, they declare it is"a boycott against the high prices of hosiery. Abbreviated skirts and sandals enhance the effect, a dab of rouge accenfntat.es the dimples m their knees, and trim ankles are embellished with ringlets of white 01 pink pearls. . , A few stars displayed the r natural tanj whi’c others achieved a bronze elfect through make-up. Pauline Garon, who shocked Hollywood when she stopped smoking cigarettes, and took to a pipe, was one of the first to discard stockings. Nita Naldi had a serpent stcnciLed on each calf.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 10002, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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147STENCILLED LEGS Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 10002, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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