THE CEILING SKIRT

Shannon News, 18 September 1928, Page 4

THE CEILING SKIRT

Women will do a good deal for the sake of fashion, but I wonder if many women will follow the example of

, . Pansienncs who are having their little tops cut off in tht h?'.icf that.it makes their feet look slimmer, asks a London writer. Apparently it is not a dangerous operation, but, in the opinion of a London chiropodist, it is a decidedly foolish proceeding, and not only fails ' in its object, but has a bad effect on '■ , the foot, since losing a toe has nearly ' -the same result as losing"* ligament or sinew from the instep. Fashions seem to be all upside down nowadays. It doesn't seem right that ■ "toes shout.] he cut of in. the 'pursuit of Wuty, njr-do-s h ippcr. f|ui<x nuiiral. that an aeronautical engineer should start designing women's fashions. This \as been done, though, by Mr Macken- ' zie-Kennedy, who has invented a '' ceiling skirt'' which prevents women from . showing an undue amount of leg when t \ sitting down in a short skirt. Mr " ' Mackenzie-Kennedy took up the idea when Mussolini first made his pronouncement against . modern fashions, ; , and he says Mussolini failed to find a ' remedy because he relied on artists t. when he should have called in a con- ' structional engineer. But Mr Maeken- • ' z.ie-Kcnnedy set about it scientifically. He "resolved women into a geometrical problem," and has now evolved a highly ingenious skirt, although he says ho Vi'ould never have done it if he had not been familiar with wing-brac- ■" ing in an aeroplane, whatever that may ' mean. In outward appearance his skirt looks like any other, but on the '« " . inside it has a panel fixed horizontally on the skirt about 6in. above the hem. / There are two holes for the legs, and the holes are far enough apart to allow complete freedom of movement. The skirt has already been approved in \]' Pari?, and the inventor is .submitting the design to Mussolini for his Facist *' girl legions.