Springville Herald | 1946-05-30 | Page 5 | Women's Skirts Dip in Black Tells Depression

Women's Skirts Dip In Back Tells Depression , Women's skirts currently at knee length level are beginning to dip in the back and if history repeats itself that sign can be taken as a forerunner of a depression, de-pression, states the magazine. Dresses began to lower in the back in 1927, then the front was lengthened to even out the line. By 1933 skirts were almost down to the ankles. Now when dresses are up to the knees hemlines are beginning to dip again. Shortags during the war froze skirts at present levels but increasing in-creasing pressure is being put upon the Civilian Production Ad-I Ad-I ministration to allow an extra i inch on daytime dresses. As the ' CPA considered the step, the magazine mag-azine says, they received a report from the Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture showing that lengthening hemlines always presages a depression.