Jacques Worth, the famed creator of longer lines in women's gowns, ig a man and as such views women's legs. He is not against them, bub he would have them slightly disappear.
Speaking of his idea about the desirability of the longer skirt for evening wear he says:—"<Eyen if dresses are longer, there is no attempt to hide the legs. They are made to appear like mysterious appendages. We do not hide the limbs. We dissimulate. them. conceal them. "But a hint: of them always remains."
And, he might have added, always
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