Word: skirted
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...woman had been badly beaten. One half of her face was purple and swollen, and her skirt was ripped, Jon Lash '72, who was sitting on bells in Currier House where the woman fled, said...
...announcement said Davis was wearing a dark jacket and skirt and a shorthaired wig. She was unarmed and offered no resistance...
...Gosh, all those folks at WWD sound as real and relevant as their product. Gee, how exciting and meaningful to wage "vendettas against designers" and fearlessly forecast skirt lengths. Wow, that kind of contribution to society must be ever so satisfying. Golly, when the world heals and we are free to abdicate our maturity, maybe we too can devote our second childhood to being cute, bitchy and frivolous...
...Bill Fine of Bonwit's takes a boudoir view of the midi: "My feeling is that it's like seduction. It's not whether a woman will go for it, but how far she'll go." John Fairchild's wife Jill admits that she did not like the long skirt for the longest time. "But Johnny kept bringing me things," she says, "indoctrinating and brainwashing, and now I think it looks pretty and the short skirt just a little cheap and vulgar...
...more were planning to buy one ($14 for the A-shaped tunic, $8 for the pants). Some older nurses feel that the pantsuits look "unprofessional." But even they admit that because of all the leaning, reaching and stooping required of nurses, the style is more sensible than the traditional skirt and nylon stockings. A Cook County Hospital official agrees: "Given the present length of skirts," he says, "the pantsuits are more functional...