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The Long & Short of It. The more fearless molders of U.S. opinion-the advertising agency, the department store and the beauty salon-paid no attention. Bock beer was duly publicized. Women's skirts were raised to what is known as "midcalf" for the new season-a maneuver which would...
Skirts were tighter and shorter, as much as 16 in. from the ground. Padded hips were out; gone, too, were the waist corsets and many of the other foolish furbelows which had come in with the New Look. In some collections, like Balmain's, there was a nostalgic look...
Nevertheless, there was still plenty to astonish. Some designers-notably Balenciaga-showed dresses, including evening gowns, with split skirts worn over torea-dorlike pantaloons. For the hot-weather trade, Schiaparelli featured an evening dress with a transparent blouse under which only a black brassière was worn.
The five-foot seven-inch, 165-pound Dillingham was a superb pass catcher on Coach Henry Lamar's squad. As a running back he was used on line plunges as well as end skirts because of his tremendous drive. He also saw some action on defense.
"Drumbeats" somewhere accumulated itself a fine Charleston team, complete with rolled stockings and short skirts-it borrowed Kerry Lyne and Nick Benton from the Hasty Pudding Show for "When You and I Grew Up," a catalogue of the 'twenties. It got Cynthia Sweeney to sing "Sheboygan," and a chorus which...