Will KU students accept the drop?
Hemlines fall from thigh to calf
By ANN MORITZ Kansan Staff Writer
The explosion of the hemline is beginning to be heard.
But the real noise may be only between the ears and scissors of our nation's fashion designers.
Many designers are trying to build confidence by saving their calf-length dresses until fall. Others have introduced a summer stock of "midis." Geoffrey Beene, a designer for our nation's First Lady, Pat Nixon, said that' the hemline crisis, which is reaching mass-hysteria proportions, could boomerang.
Hemlines coming down
Modeling this midi skirt is Debbie Fox, Overland Park sophomore and a member of the AWS Fashion Board.
KU Judiciary drafts procedure for hearings
The Kansas University Judiciary met Monday night to discuss procedural matters.
Harold Rosson, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering and chairman of the Judiciary, said that the Judiciary had drafted a basis for the hearing division of the University. Rosson added that the rules are in "shorthand notes" form and will be published for the students next week.
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"If women don't buy, designers could be thrust in the position of bankruptcy," he said.
Beene thinks that the First Lady will be his most crucial test on the subject of long-skirt acceptance.
For University of Kansas coeds a midi would be a drop of about a foot, said Pam Russell, Iola senior and president of the AWS Fashion Board at KU. The style will most likely take a long time to come to KU, she said. The change will be so gradual at KU that the style will have to prove it's going to stay before KU coeds will pick it up, she said.
Department stores, who buy the new fashion, and designers, who create it, face some complaints. Buyers say that a long skirt will give girls an older appearance. In a world that is youth-oriented, it may not be a popular move. Also, instantly making a fashion obsolete will appeal to the budget of very few women, including college girls.
The last major hemline crash came in 1947 when fashion designer, Christian Dior, predicted a drastic lowering of hemlines. Unhappy women protested, pouted and even carried posters and banners in the streets. But the hemlines went down.
Miss Russell said that the
women of college age won't fall for the long hemline as fast as older women. There are too many men helping the short skirt mood. But designers say things have to change. The longer skirt, often called "midis," "longuettes," or "Oh good grief" are being offered with a humble spirit.
"Mini skirts have reached a saturation point," said Valentino, an Italian fashion designer for such women as Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Onassis and Gina Lollabrigida.
American girls may stop following nervous fashion trends and begin to decide for themselves what they look good in.
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Valentino, who admits that
there may be millions of women out there who have reacted in opposition to the trend, plans to continue the long skirts for fall-winter 1970. His argument is that women will get used to the look in a few months, after all their initial kicking and screaming.
"The only thing this change is going to help," said a man in Denver and quoted from Life magazine, "is Saturday and Sunday television. Guys who would ordinarily be out in the fresh air watching girls will be inside watching television."
But the most wistful comment came from a congressman. He said he sort of felt a momentary regret for the passing of a golden age.
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