SLIMMER SKIRTS
Swing skirts are going well this season, both the eight-gored and the pleated variety. Tlie latest innovation is a special hip-slimming skirt cut on the cross with a smooth hip band from w hie*, without a join, seams start and let out five inches oelow in pleats. These should successfully overcome complaints of customers who fancy a fuller skirt but are frightened of: its broadening effect.
Oatmeal, cream and beige, three natural tones given prominence in the Paris opening, are proving good shades for skirts in the bulk market —suitable For spectator sports, country wear, etc. The next best-selling fashion colour is clora, a subtle tone of fuschia, another indication that the public will not let this colour die.
Controversy over skirt lengths continues, but skirt manufacturers are choosing 27, 28 and 29 inches as their lengths this season. In model collections some skirts are as much as 20 inches from the ground. Others are 13 and 14 inches, so that lengths are most confusing and need careful watching for future developments.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 October 1939, Page 3
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