Word: skirtsful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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*SAM Johnson, scrofulous sage of the 18th Century; BEN Jonson, Elizabethan playwright: JACK Johnson, blackamoor pugilist. *In a floppy felt hat and a pair of khaki trousers, Markswoman Foster turned in a card of 280 out of a possible 300 at 300, 500, 600, 900, and 1,000 yards on...
Mme. Gabrielle Chanel-Even hemlines, waist at the hips. Sport skirts just cover the knee. Evening skirts flare from the hip or the knee, have ruffled backs. (Again the bustle.)
Jean Patou-High waistlines, skirts five inches below the knee for sports, just clearing the floor at night. The "Egyptian silhouet," evening gowns with a draped front, skirt slit to the calf. Peaked cloth caps for winter sports with fur ear-laps á la Kennebunk Port. Featured colors: dark yellow...
Paul Poiret, always theatrical, startled fashion scouts with high Elizabethan ruffs on formal afternoon dresses, with lame skirts over lace trousers, an evening sensation.
No Skirts For Legge. Someone suggested that he ought to report his findings to President Hoover. Mr. Legge's eyes narrowed sharply as he replied: "The farm board isn't going to hide behind the President's skirts. If he wants to see me he knows where...