THE LENGTH OF SKIRTS.
LONDON CONTROVERSY. - : LONDON. April 23. The Battle: of the Skirts has begun in Britain. Leading artists and societywomen are joining in the controversy., . Sir William Orpen, the famous painter, '[■ has drawn for the London Daily Mail some pictures of short skirts v showing, ; trim legs and bulky legs. ; He accompanies l -' the sketch with a dissertation on fashionable dressing which should show, he says, the best and not the worst of woman. . . The Hon. Mrs. Fortescue, who j has a. . dress salon at Hampstead, a fashionable '~'■'• centre, -when interviewed, said: —"Skirts are going to be much longer. lam ..very* ,:;•■'.■' glad. I think these Paris designs - are intended for French women.;" With their small feet they can wear short skirts, but:? I do not think* English womim can." ]''. :.!■'.■■•' Sir James Shannon, president j-_ of x the Society of Portrait Painters, regards the present style as very beautiful, and would • J be sorry to sea skirts touching the ground • . again.'"'' "•* .'-■.' '■'- '■"'■'■ Ascot costumes - are ■>expected to set a; . ] new style for skirts, which will be at least 2in. longer. .____™_ . •' ;",; ;>*!
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18080, 3 May 1922, Page 7
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