Word: midcalf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first. American Designer Victor Joris last year or Jacques Tiffeau last spring, claimed some. Alberto Fabiani in Rome the week before, recalled others. Even Patou's designer, Michel Goma, who brought waistlines up nearly under the arms, let the length vary from two inches above the knee to midcalf. The miniskirt? "Dégoütant," snapped Coco Chanel. "Now I know why men don't like women any more." And so Chanel stayed Chanel, with neatly fitted suits just covering the kneecap. Pierre Cardin dropped an inch, but was still airborne, two or three inches above...
Might the big result be a "New Look" similar to the one Christian Dior inaugurated back in 1947, when dresses plunged to midcalf? There was resistance. "The uneven hemline-sexy and stunning-will influence fashion, and so will the long coats-but not yet," said the Ohrbach buyer. "His timing is off." Said Bonwit's buyer, gazing at the long coats: "We're not ready for that sort of thing." For the British, the hemline dropped like a bomb. "It would be fatal!" cried one British designer. "I've just made my spring collection-all short. Shops...
...tend toward pastels and velvet, collarless polo shirts with horizontal stripes, and ankle-high "plimsoles" (sneakers) with thick white rubber soles. Mod girls wear no jewelry and no makeup save brown eye shadow and false eyelashes. Hairdos are short; flat shoes are In. Skirts vary from ankle-length to midcalf...