NOT A SMART ASCOT.
Long skirts have failed so far because woman—with all her newlyfound freedom —did not take the trouble to woo the new fashion gently. She swept herself into long skirts as if they were a new sort of absinthe cocktail, or “murder” treasure hunt; something to be jumped at in steeplechase style, writes a Londoner.
The result has been that woman has made her sex look slightly ridiculous. Long skirts have, however, come to stay. But the women who paraded the Ascot paddock on the first day with dresses that trailed the ground and looked as if their owners “were losing something” did the new fashion no good service. It is no longer sufficient simply to walk in to your dressmaker and say, “I want something smart.” Long skirts must be worn properly, women must learn how to pick them up becomingly, how to walk graciously (so that the knees do not protrude), and also what to do with the arms. Swinging them at the side is no good.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18653, 23 August 1930, Page 11
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172NOT A SMART ASCOT. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18653, 23 August 1930, Page 11
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