European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Short skirts make Cash registers i by Bernadine Morris new Vork times Hort skirts Are in american stores and Selling Oul As fast As they come in while most retailers in the United states insist Hal they will continue to feature a variety of lengths to Fern Joel charges of fashion dictatorship. Hoy Nepom thai 3 lot of fashion action in the past few weeks has entered on skirts Short enough to Bare the Jamees these Are generally straight Stylos in Basic colors Tike Black and while measuring 19 to 23 inches from Waistband to hem. Success stones abound Bloomingdale s put a Short pleated skirt priced at �90 on the floor and Solo 20 of 100 pieces the Day before it ran an advertisement. Macy s has sold Short Skirls since february at $48 to $1 10, designers As diverse As Liz Claibore and Calvin Klein report that store buyers who were doubtful about the trend three months ago Are falling into Linn it has taken us All by  said Ellen Daniel a vice president of Liz Claiborne ii just swept the country. To Al wish we had More styles on the Selling floor right  while the emphasis is on Short skirts from Denim play styles of linens to Wear to work other Ca Ler tories of fashion have also been of lec cd Blodorn Ingvalo s reported that parly dresses with strapless lops and Short Pou f cd skirts have Boon Selling strongly Andrj the Sale of opaque stockings. Widely recommended by designers for Wear Wilh Short Skirls has unexpectedly increased despite warm weather women have reacted More strongly to Shorter skirts than to any other fashion trend in recent years retailers said. The demand was first noted in Maich after reports of Short Skirls in european fashion collections Lor All. It was t until this month that most stores had wha they considered adequate assortments of knee Baring skirts. Not All the response has been favourable. Many of the of a Lions Center on the Sale of a woman s Knees or legs followed by annoyance at the idea of shortening Long clothes or buying new ones. Nevertheless acceptance of Short skirts has progressed inexorably a he first Slago women rolled up the waistbands of their old skirts to see How they Felt with a pure leg showing. Next they brought clothes to tailors and dressmakers lobe shortened. Now they Are searching for Short styles. Because the Shorter lengths were introduced in fall clothes women Wen from store to store seeking the relatively rare Short summer skill. When it appeared it was Swilly picked off the Racks. Bloomingdale s has reordered boo pieces of a Slraight Short Linen skirt that Sells Lor $60, Saks fifth Avenue has reordered its $125 Best Seler from its private Label collection but would not disclose figures Bergdorf Good pm the fir a Star menu Joan i Isle Flerx Lor sever like slate sport pit u Atten i unan it a Cliff flute blow Indue Nesif Ithac ii then coping with the mini fall fashion statement is sur by Esther a fein new York times Oan Simmons sighed As she looked in the minor of her new York health club the older Day and turned to a few women so reaching out on the Mats docs anybody have a Good exercise Lor knees7" she asked nearly pleading Tho other women understood her distress. They 1oo had seen the magazines and newspapers heralding the comeback of the miniskirt and they too were trying to decide How to Cope with it. Do 50 leg Nilon each Side said Sharon Jones it la lighten your Hughs and your Knees will look belief snarl  said Ann Noble. Boy Coll said Terry smythe. As they walk Down the streets these Days women in Mew Vork City admit that hey Eye the legs of Olfier women checking to see whore the hemlines Tail. They look through their Cloies deciding if they should haul inc whole lot in lot Fra dressmaker or us sit Vigw and wait for the frenzy to pass and Many like Joan Simmons Are wondering whether they can even Cany it off the More you expose the More conscious you Are of whal you Hava to  said Holly Friedman who works at select records i m not sure Yel How i m going Lodeal with i his " ii is a confusing Lime for women eager o keep current with fashion trends. Those who dutifully bought their summer wardrobes when stores first displayed lightweight clothing in Faie Winter have clothes hangers draped Wilh Long voluminous skirts the problem is thai in late Spring when daffodils bloomed and fall fashion does were shown miniskirts were inc Rago of the runways although technically the thigh skimmers Are not scheduled to appear on real people until autumn sudden i Olonger. Sluijer i girls seem  and cumbersome some women said they cannot Ligure Oul it they Arn supposed to jump the gun and Start Wear ing Minisky is now or if they should patently Wade through the Henrj Why summer then raise Thor Hemnes after labor Day i can t keep up Wilh this it s Loo confusing said Sarah Phillips who con Ossed that she should Havu the inside Tine on when to minimize since she works in a dress shop. I just know if i shorten All my skirts this won t catch on and if i Don l. People will never believe i m in the fashion  More important than when it is proper to debug in miniskirts. Now York women interviewed on streets and in stores said they were ambivalent about a whether to embrace his new fashion at All. It. There is a very Good reason minis have not been around since the 60s," said Alice Fromer who was in shopping in Saks fifth Avenue in a skirt that crazed cat her calves there Are very Lew women who can gel Page 14 the stalls and stripes