TAILORED SKIRTS ARE SHORTER AND MUCH TIGHTER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 7, 23 January 1937, Page 16

TAILORED SKIRTS ARE SHORTER AND MUCH TIGHTER

•'Year in, year out, the changes in the classic, man-tailored suit are ep slight as to be aimost undetectable. But the differences are there, very. obvious to the knowledgeable eye (states a fasbion writer in an overseas. exchange). "The length of the skirt, for instance, is shorter. Thirteen inches from the ground is the dictatorial 4com- • mand of the Paris couturiers (wh'o seein to take little account of the iacv that on some legs thirteen inches above the ground would be knee high, on others just above the ankle). "Anyway, whichever way you measurej skirts are three inches shorter than last year; tig|hter, too,* which at that length they can afford to bo and stiil not,be hobbles. "The coats that go with thtem are slightly shorter and very definitely waisted, gpving a restrained basque effect, which is very smart. . "The material is a smooth, mannieh suiting with a light. pinhead fleck. With another hat, shoes, and searf, the suit is suitable for country. Here it is, worn with a tow nhat of etraw material with a 6quare, boxed crown, a small rolled visor brim, and a stiff veil. "I think that the classic auit, however useful it may be, only looks its best on the long-legged, racehorse figure. I prefer the basic, dress-and-coat outfit which is evqfy bit as useful. "These loose, boxy little jackets, worn over wool dresses, have been getting shorter all the time, etarting.originally by being knee length Teaching finger-tip length last year. They are now only wrist length, and sometimes even shorter. "Most of the sleeves of this kind of coat are wider at the wrist than they were before. A forthright little jaeket worn "over a straight, tight-fitting black wool dress with gathered neck and wide calf belt is of coarsely woven grey plaid wool with a lichter grey and black overcheck "Shoulders are padded xipwards, . not outwards. For the rest, details of poekets, m this case moon-shaped patch pockets, buttons, and machimng make for the individuality of the suit."