Hollywood, July 2.
The business girls of London, reported to be up in arms against having to wear long skirts in the daytime, are requested to turn their attention fra Paris and con-with formal afternoon, dinner and evening wear, practically every shop printd are featured for both day and evens ing and in one and two piece effects, The printed dress with unlined mate ching jacket is being extensively, adopted—United Press, sider the Hollywood mode.
Because the screen colony has turned thumbs down on long skirts except for formal evening wear and trailling dresses never were adopted by the film stars for the creators on film fashions predicted that Paris was wrong and that women would not obey the edict demanding long-
And ce, after the first weak flourish, long skirts were not seen along Hollywood boulevard, nor will movie-goers see them on the screen.
"Long skirts are cumbersome, 1 have never worn them except for evening dress," said Dorothy Mac-kill, "Short skirts are the only practi cal thing for daytime wear," wa: the opinion of Loretta Young, "The modern girl has not time to change! dresses three or four times a day. Hence the present semi-sports wear, with a fairly short skirt; is the most' practical thing for all hours of the dag."
"I never saw anything so silly as the uneven hemline they tried to popularize ast season," said Ber-bice Claire, 'I don't' blame the London business girls. But they should do as we do—pay no attention to Paris when foolish styles are recommended. ice White came the fol-noticed dressmaker, just from New' York saying he had given up hope of persuading American women to adopt long skirts, He should have listened to Hollywood.
Edward Stevenson, creator of film' fashions at First National studios, explained to the United Press Hollywood's ideas on the styles for the coming season:
"The long skirt for street. wear is definitely out because women have found it cumbersome and unattractive, American women have to wear clothes which adapt themselves to all hours of the day because of their active lives, Semi-ports clothes are _alwa correct, "The proper length for skirts this summer will be three inches below the knee, Ultra short skirts never will come back, They never were good looking.
"Besides the average woman hasn't good looking knees. Long skirts for evening gowns probably fare back to stay. They never should have been abandoned because a beautiful evening gown loses its beauty with knee-length skirts, there will be no more uneven hemllness in evening gowns. Evening gowns almost cades, soft chiffons and the like. They are worn with simple jewellery, and with evening wraps, which are of hip length and fur trimmed.
"Paris no longer controls the styles. It may originate them, but if the movies scorn. its creations, American women also refuse to wear them.'—United Press,
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