Word: skirtful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fabulous anonymities people refer to in saying, "This is what they are wearing." Was it Mrs. Harrison Williams, Wallis Windsor, the French designers, the Sophie Gimbels? Finally, she asked Sophie: "Are you a they?" Said Sophie: "We'll soon know. If I can resist the very long skirt trend, I'll be sure...
...adjectives ranging from "hideous" to "unflattering," have been applied by Radcliffe undergraduates to the new skirt lengths. Puppies and strong words to the contrary, however, 30 out of 30 Cliffedwellers admitted yesterday that they are buying the knee-covering skirts and dropling hemlines on the old ones earthwards...
...style of skirt was described as dangerous, unflattering, expensive, and an annoyance to wear. Miss Manuellian caught her heel in the hem of one and all but fell down a flight of stairs...
...Gotham a swarthy guest in white turban, striped flannel skirt and long, grey coat attracted some attention. He was mannerly, scholarly Sayed Saddiq El Mahdi, grandson of the famed Sudanese leader whose career came to an end at the hands of the British at Omdurman in 1898. Sayed was not strictly a delegate. He was in town to watch the Assembly handle Egypt's case. Some day his own state might be in the same fix. Meanwhile, he was prepared to enjoy himself. "Before we came," he told a reporter over a lemonade last week, "we thought America...
...Said Mr. King: "I understand there is some kind of holy tabernacle there now-that may have been the influence of my early days." To some of the schoolchildren of Kitchener and neighboring Waterloo, he presented citizenship certificates. When eleven-year-old Marie Good came forward in a plaid skirt and jacket, the Prime Minister asked: "How about a kiss...