The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-11
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Say NO TO
Long Skirts
BY ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatures Writer

IN clubwomen accept the new
fall fashions-the most drastic
change shown in years?
Buyers who saw the collections
{stressing longer skirts and fea-
: turing sloping shoulders larger
crowned close-fitting hats and
some coat built on 1920 wrap
around lines) have been asking
themselves that question.
So put it to half dozen club,
women attending the 1947 con-
vention of the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs in New
York and the answers popped as
fast as popcorn over fire. This
is. what they said:
Mrs. H. Leslie Howard. of Fl
Lauderdale. Fla. (silver-haired
and dressed in conservative black
and white): Women won't stand
for long shirts. An inch longer
maybe, but not II inches from
the floor. They are unbecoming
and they don't give as much
freedom either. Shorter skirts are
more becoming and youthful.
And when you're on the wrong
side of 40 you want to look as
we'll as you can"
Mrs. William Adams. of Phila.
delphia. Pa. (who topped her
grey hair with red headband
and wore a printed freck): Il
wouldn't wear them either. 1t
means a whole change of ward
robe, porbably. And there is a
decided tendency for women to
spend less on clothes now. They
think prices are too high for the
value received"
Mrs. Luella Laudin. of New
York Ga dark-haired younger
woman in a red and green print
flock): That's right. Every time
l.. have admired the clothes
women were wearing at this con-
vention they told me that they
didn't buy one new thing for
this trip"
Mrs. Sam Rennick. of Ell Paso
Texas dressed in smart white
and PEARLS: Il like the longer
skirts and I'm going to wear
them. I'm so tired of the middle
aged skirts. Il isn't necessary to
buy a Whole new wardrobe
There are so many peplums and
additions to waitlines that
many skirts can be lowered from
the top"
. Mrs. Laudin: II can't lengther
my dresses. And I'm going to
wear out my old clothes. I don't
care if I'm the last women in
New York in a short dress"
Mrs. Arthur Jehli. of Chicago
Ill. youthful and pretty grand
mother in blue and pink veil
ing hat: 81 have been through
all these phrases before. In my
scrapbook l have snapshots Of
myself in all lengths, and ir
lots, of different Silhouettes and
hats. And have felt good IL
every one of them. l think
women will probably take to the
long skirts. They have done il
before-though I laugh at my,
self when I look at those pic
lures"
Mrs. John T. Rogers. of Lara
rnie. WYo. "a monthly figure
dressed in blue with wide
,brimmed haD: cts not long
skirts we need. It's long sleeves
Why don't they give us long
Sleeves?"
Mrs. Adams: 81 hear they arr
doing away with such wide ex-
aggerated shoulders and making
shoulders more natural. I'm Ger.
tainly glad to hear that"
Mrs. Jehli: "You have to hav,
some shoulder padding, though
to balance that 'middle-agec
Fspread. You have to give nature
"a little help"
Mrs. Rogers: 81 don't like the
idea of that figure eight silhou-
lette, though. l couldn't wear it.
Mrs. Rennick (dryly): Neither
could your daughter probably
Young people don't wear stays
now, so they don't have small
waists They say some fur.
.riers showed coats with big shaw
seollars and sloping shoulders ant
5wraparound lines I think I shoulc
like them. They could be very
elegant.
Mrs. Adams: II think I shoulc
not like them. With those big col
lars, they would probably be very
expensive"
Mrs. Rennick: 'I'm glad to heal
that hats are going to be larger
We have had enough of little
hats. They have been on the nose
on the ear, a little happy hooli
gan on top Of the head, and Tn
tired of it."
Mrs. Adams: "Women don't like
hats any more anyway. l jus
wear this little band and man,
other women like the same
thing"
Mrs. Laudin: Zone thing
won't do, and that is wear T.;
cloche, if it's the last hat left il