Fashion Experiments That Fail
RECENT years have seen manv interesting experiments in’fashion that have faded to be generally accepted. The most conspicuous failure is the long skirt. This is presented to us in all sorts of insidious ways by means of picture frocks but from the mod ern point of view ridiculous'; uneven hems, culminating this year in the queer swallow-tail; transparent hems falling several inches lower than the short skirt itself. We are interested, amused, but we remain faithful to our good sense and our short frocks. We rejoice in our frocks and hats which follow natural lines. There is an attempt just now to widen the silhouette at the elbows; this effect is often achieved by enormous fur cuffs. Again we are interested, but we do not intend to look like that. We would almost as well wear our hair long and built up elaborately on our heads with a hat pinned on top of the structure inches from our skulls!
It is doubtful whether women will ever again submit to really senseless or inconvenient fashions. These will appear from time to time and make variety, but the majority of us will keep to our favourite simple lines and will follow only the subtler changes of fashion.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 17
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209Fashion Experiments That Fail Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 17
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