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Some fashion designers proposed hobble skirts, hoop skirts and skirts that flapped about the ankles. Some went in for unpadded shoulders; others padded hips. Some placed their trust in the back bustle, side bustle and the wasp-waist corset, whose constrictions in the last century had been a mainstay of...
New for Old. But other U.S. designers are not so sure. Manhattan's Hattie Carnegie, who claims to have started the hip-padding "before anyone heard of Dior," was featuring Paris dresses last week, and busily pinching in waists, lowering hems. So was Manhattan's Henri Bendel, who...
To make matters warmer for those trying to take Paris or leave it alone, Christian Dior hustled to the U.S. last week to accept an award from Dallas' Neiman-Marcus Co. for his "outstanding service" to the clothing industry. For the counter-revolutionists he had a well-bred sneer...
Founder Woodward was caught up in a whirl of interviews, picture-taking, mail-opening. In the midst of it, she led an L.B.K. parade down Main Street that tied up Dallas midtown traffic for an hour and a half. Paraders carried signs saying: "Short Skirts. Save Dollars. Save Eye-strain...
Nothing to Hide. At the University of California's "veterans' village" in Albany, a group of young wives formed the Women's Organization to War on Styles. In a few days, the W.O.W.S. rounded up 750 members, started picketing a dress shop in bathing suits. "We Have...