SLIMMER SKIRTS
Swing skirts are going well this season, both the eight-gored and the pleated variety. The latest innovation is a special hip-slimming skirt cut on the cross with a smooth hip band, from which, without a join, seams start, and let out five inches below in pleats. These should successfully overcome complaints of customers who fancy the fuller skirt, but are frightened of its broadening effect! Oatmeal, cream, and beige, three natural tones given prominence in the Paris openings, 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 fuchsia, another indication that the public will not let this colour, die. Controversy over skirt lengths conl.nues, 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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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 18
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