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 subt;e tone of fuchsia, another indication that the public will not let this colour die. Controversy over skirt lengths continues, 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 i t inches, so that lengths are most confusing, and need careful watching for future developments.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20891, 24 August 1939, Page 3
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174SLIMMER SKIRTS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20891, 24 August 1939, Page 3
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