THE PRETTIEST ANKLES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE PRETTIEST ANKLES.

. : .. Hiil hi ii »W i ijii i. .',.;■•.• ENGLISH WOMEN LEAD. f* ATROCITIES IN STOCKINGS."- ' ■■■ Where are the > prettiest • ankles > t0,.: be found? '•'.'-:'■': Mr. Edouard van Waeyenberge, writing to a ; London, paper: from Weston-super-Mare, suggests that Englishwomen have the slimmest- ankles in the- world. "I wandered. about Franco for; ten years,''" hie 'writes. "I visited Aries, which has a "great reputation < among artists for beautiful women. I have seen more beautif ankles among Englishwomen than ever I saw on the Continent." • • "Where is the traveller, who, after wandering about England, does not-admit that there aro here too • many'beautiful women for one's peace of* mind? 1 Au artist pointed out to the same paper ! that slim 1 ankles have not always been the artist's ideal of beauty. " Go in to, the sculpture section of the. British Museum and look at Aphrodite entering her bath," he said. "A • beautiful figure, assuredly. But slim ankles? No 1 In: this case ,the ankles are . decidedly :•: thick and shapeless. ': In Greek and Roman sculpture the feet are often concealed by draperies; but where they are revealed it is ' rare to find an ankle which, while in proportion, is also slim and shapely, as we understand shape. liness i to-day," :

A man who has travelled in, every part of: Europe expressed the opinion that the prettiest ankles are to be found in Genoa, and the least shapely in.Prague. "In Italy you do riot find the atrocity of: the silk stocking with a cotton foot and top," he , observed. ...."' -■-.'" " Englishwomen spoil ; . the appearance of ■ their usually pretty feet not by the shoes..they wear, which are, in excellent taste . but because they will not pay; the price- for, 'all-sift; stockings. They wear Blockings with horrible patches appearing above the ankles, thus destroying completely the beauty of the foot.

"In Italy and especially in Genoa, Women wear . good stockings, dainty highheeled shoes, in which they look charmingl In Prague, .where. German customs survive, women wear light-coloured woollen stockings on : legs .;that ought -to be made as inconspicuous as possible." A shoemaker stated that whereas several, years ago the shoe most constantly, ir. demand was a five, it is now a six, or a six and a half. Sevens are ' frequently asked for. ;. •■