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...Dior and the new short look were damned by the ladies this fall, as the clothes-conscious 'Cliffite decided under pressure that she really did look better with her skirts beneath her-knee. For very formal dates, she even moved them down an inch. Said one out-of-town authority, "They want their dates to be conservative every way but morally...
...document had the odd quality of pleasing just about everyone on the Western side. Paris' leftist Combat nicknamed it "La Note Dior," because it was short and had style. Le Monde applauded the absence of "polemics, which give the Soviets the nourishment they need for their propaganda." In Germany, giving his approval, Konrad Adenauer said that it was he who suggested writing the note. And, though it was nicely timed to give Adenauer a last-minute boost for the Western German elections (see below), Adenauer's political enemies, the German Socialists, said they liked...
Besides his new hemline, Dior also pointed out another fashion "revolution" for 1953. His new evening dresses are designed to eliminate the need for boned corseting. His explanation: "How many times have I heard men complain that, while dancing, they were not able to feel the living body of women under the yoke which imprisoned them...
Manhattan's Hattie Carnegie, for one, was tempted to go along with Dior. Other buyers were uncertain or hostile. Snapped Adolph Schuman, president of San Francisco's Lilli Ann Corp.: "The psychology of the American woman is not ready for a change." Bergdorf Goodman's Andrew Goodman cabled his New York office to ignore the change. Carmel Snow of Harper's Bazaar, the doyenne of U.S. fashion arbiters, supported him. Said she: "Perfectly marvelous publicity for Dior, but you can't find any woman who wants skirts riding up around her knees...
...blonde, reassuringly well-fed, and appears on stage in a white peasant blouse (by Dior). Most of her songs are simple story songs, like the one about the girl who finds a kitten, puts it in her bodice, and attracts a good deal of male attention. But she also goes in for old rousers like Alouette and Au près de Ma Blonde. As she sings, her hands flicker gaily through the air, over her body, across her face, like the hands of a village girl telling a story at the well. She dislikes sadness and expresses the feeling...