SMALL WARDROBES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20065, 23 March 1935, Page 10

SMALL WARDROBES

ACCOMMODATING LONG SKIRTS j Furniture only follows slowly after I fashions, and the" era of the short ward- ! robe Is now perplexing those whose | dresses are all long. The short ward- | robe came in with the shorter dresses. Lengths were nipped off the tops of ordinary wardrobes to make room for a shelf. Often there was a drawer below which took off another foot. The result is that both in private houses and in hotels wardrobes and cupboards are now totally unsuited for the clothes they are supposed to contain. | Another point which shortens up the j wardrobes is the habit of having a bar j some distance from the top along j which hangers can slide. This is a | much better arrangement than the old hooks, but it could be improved by 1 ! raising the bar as near the roof as possible. The ideal wardrobe or cupboard takes j the long dress full length. If it does | not do this the best plan with eveningfrocks is to have a hanger with a lower bar, like a crossbow, and hang the dress over it at the waist. Greater variety in hangers would also improve many wardrobes. There is the silk- j covered variety suitable for the slippery evening dress. There is the hanger ! coupled with two little bars which, ] pinched together, nip the skirt top and i let it hang properly. This is also - used for trousers, and is a great preservative of shape. There is the hanger which turns up at each end, not to be used for shoulders but to prevent the evening dress from falling

off. But the main point is height in the new wardrobes and cupboards, and hotels, in particular, which are now revising their conceptions, might make a special point of this.