LONGER SKIRTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3614, 15 September 1927, Page 11

LONGER SKIRTS.

SEEN AT ASCOT. The longer skirts, so often foreshadowed, but so slow in coming, made their appearance on the Ascot course, and according to leading dress designers In London, the day of the short skirt,‘for garden party and evening wear at any rate, is passing. The new style, as seen at Ascot, is in chiffon, and th 0 dress in front falls two inches below the knee, but falls considerably lower at the back. Visitors in the paddock who noticed the few dresses of this fashion declared that the effect was charming. Messages from Paris state that the Paris dresg designers are also sending longer skirts to the Grand Prix, and one English dress artist, Mr Norman Hartnell, is sending a dress to France to b e worn at this fashion parade ground. Mr Harknell said: There is a definite tendency and desire among women for the longer skirt, and inquiries for it are. being made daily. The outline, too, will not be quite so slim. It is the party dresses and the dresses for evening wear that show the long tendency most, but it is quite likely that it may spread shortly to morning dresses.