“The important question of the proper length of dress skirts is again racking the public press and putting a large part of our female population completely off their feed.”


In the end, it was decided women would simply do whatever Paris dictated – but American Flappers made it clear that they would not follow Paris’ lead if skirts were going to sweep the floor again; you can read about that here

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1920s Skirt Length debate Vanity Fair Magazinedr eustice willis on skirt length in the 1920smr isadore klipsch on 1920s fashionmrs arnold bemis president of the woman's civic and social welfare league vanity fair magazine 1923
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