THE HEMLINE question is still at
the forefront of fashion news this
fall, and the long and short of it is
this: take your choice.

Skirts were getting shorter and
shorter over the past few seasons,
but last year’s micro-mini seemed
to be the last straw for most
women.

Enough is enough, they said,
and designers had to listen. The
thigh-high hemlines had to come
down. And they have, but not that
far.

Short skirts are still the rage,
with the hemline of choice falling
just to the knee.

This season, however, there are
other options — skirts also just
cover the knee, and some actually
drop to midcalf.

For the most part, the emphasis
is on body-consciousness, no mat-
ter what the length. Those sleek,
form-fitting styles are here to stay,
at least for the moment.

In what seems to be an attempt

BEAT THE cold in this fun and
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black, white and Dlue wool and
silk houndstooth pantsuit is
trimmed at the cuffs, collar and
trousers with black sable. A
black felt and velvet hat com-
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FASHION

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For dressing up, look
romantic, billowy evening pants.
Skirts and pants also are being

to avoid the hemline controversy
altogether, designers are putting a
lot of energy into pants for fall,

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