European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine by Susan Harte Cox news service the tilt  ". Riivet r  on. Is Inq Shor skirt it or a t.,n ? film Iho most a ii seventh at i  1o the most Pivot a la a n Franny wringing hand1 an fussing voc Prayut bends How Short can Hoil he  a Noil Berner Loo Shoil should i make if should i  in ? should i buy it do i dare  eat a peach the Phonor Annn  Attoul three years ago when Kail Lagerfeld and evian act Ungaro showed in Paris some Volle Sims ital Viia 2  3  chs above the knee a Hal Mamunul a imy Hope was born smiling like a Pink Cherub in in  n. O heart of Tho rag Trade. Then came doubt Yuihai in All Tho Ilo Woi children o the 1960s have cd clod i  feminist lawyers disinclined  Moil Ygo their Iii re a Lor a mini what if Reagan conservatives Slick la their Rndall Tong los thai is Why Iho  Lury 5 ii Raj debut of the Short skill did nol Bounce Lull Ryam Irum one season. Flappers wore them run Rig Iho is of and in Iho 19603 just Aboul everyone did Thoc Uinins revival hulled and pulled aver inc course of Evcic in learns consumer reaction Vas mixed. Some women rushed out  buy Short ii it mumbled and grumbled. Most Oil her did nothing or Vio o Rome items Short and others Long promos signal women Lind Short skirts Impi Chical. In Short the now mini tin been a revolution thai never happened. Sates of Horl lengths varied according  a store s clientele Tren Rinir retailers have been mom successful with Short skirts than Ropwr saliva stores. According  Neiman Marcus fashion director Sally Whilo people Are Loo sophisticated   a i Clirrie of something it s got  be moderation in Lasham As  ,15 anything else in an Eliot  make shod Skirls palatable  today s Low i Coni Mere most Rei Alcis avoid using inc the m miniskirt proctoring Miland Shorter lengths " but where there in oven one designer gathered together with on ego. Hope for nurturing a new Iron Springs eternal when All 1938 can Lac. Are  in new York Izreo icing los will be  very Short is for the Young woman and inc Noti enily fashion conscious one. Very Long is for the woman when in Var went Short at All for the Avani Gard die scr or Loi lha Sassy soul who does give a rap. Miscall Iylo everyone else. A Check of local Street Corners will show a variety of skill lengths. Thib vhf  a Lew Long skirts some Long by design and others Long by Indi Llwrence. There May be Oneco iwo very Short skirts those Hilling nothing below mid High worn by teen agers or try the Lei Riby Chic. Most will tall some where Between the Kneecap and the lower Call. Asian lion i Host who make and sell clothes there Are probably live classes of people who actively Caro about skirt lengths. The first Type is the Fash Gonotte Tho Ogara Yinti Ihme d Kcf existence is i Diess. Therefore i am every detail is Las non Marja Pinr fax Tecl. No Shin Tongi hence before its inc Nick thera 5 Liws Sci  Adin Nef  likes women s legs but Doratt n c. By Weill women trip pm like Chorine amt Kluk o i a Sciort skirts give me lascivious  said a Lyhl placed and quite dignified Tiburc ural who then in real Long  the Ankles a huh school senior Margo Adams at Casl inc ones Ivhon arc l Chunky a Don 1 have Yucky legs and. Ste add juju a like Iho rior sluts " that brings up group Lour. Women not blessed with pin up legs some  with bad legs will grub e about the trend praying Lor us Quick demise. Others graciously acknowledge i hot lie skirts Aren for them then 1he�e arc those Ivhon Wear them anyway the Mph Ioup Iii those Omen whose Piofer Sion i standing would lend id preclude Itier thinking very run i about a Volnes new Yort time hold above on Knees Here s an evening version of an Vysa Saint Laurent multicolour Tail outlined in brei. The hem the Mizii Issue a Yort Thi Phulo Black Mertey wet by Affif Lotf  Flat decor by Patrick Kelly. Philosophy sunday. April 10. 1938 the stars and stripes by Rischall new York times f women were dressing 1o please men. The mini might have made it. Only a Quarter of the adult women in the United Stales say i hey have worn skirts above the Anco in the last year even though 36 Pernell of the men prefer Skirls Hal Short on women according  a new York Timos lbs mews poll. Perhaps in recognition of that preference single women were most Likely  Wear their Herns High. While 71 percent of men soy they favor skirts Hal Are at or above the knee 16 Percone o the women say they Preter clothes that fall below Iho lines. Tho tepid reaction  Short Skirls among women May confirm Iho Wisdom of a recent move by designers  show some longer clothes in their fall collodion. Tho poll Oil .654 adults was conducted by Telephone Between March 19 and 22, Wilh a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. In follow up interviews with some of those who were polled the men Whoso opinions have not been tallied at the Cash Register expressed appreciation Lor Short Skirls but acknowledged thai the style is somewhat provocative and might hurl a woman s image at work. Greg Parker a 25-Yeai-old Engineer from Palm Bay Fla said  likes Shom Skirls because they re no Laclive and Hoy re by looking " hut among inc engineer1 in his Ollice most of the women Wear longer Skirls he said which makes sense Lovirn it you re in a meeting and everyone s Druc de  he said Mihcic s less distract in " when Short skirts resumed Lar a year cell mtr a and promoted by the a Shion business Many americans had seen ouch clothing since lha Doos. When lower woman wore in Iho work Force the iwo decade since then May have changed inc possibility m women s Lashin. Although fashion conscious women Werc More Likely  Wear Short Skirls even they d d nol in Dort whom  sly eight percent of women who said they pay a look quention or same Allan lion  Lii Shion  ends said they did not Ami Short Svals. In the follow up inner views. Even men who like Short skirts adm Llyd Hal women Musl now conform  some of Iho same macs Hal have Long limited men s clothing choices id love  vicar shorts on a hot summer Day. But i have  Wear a  said Ucil Lund a 30 Yeai old Salesman who lives in Chi agr he said  would not be bold enough  try  Slart a trend toward ski Pici Altizio for men. Partly because it might nol he a Good Corcor move " Ted Auslam. A real Siale broker and Developer in Richmond also likened waiving women in Short Skirls Lomen in shorts and Bach shuts Al the Olf Ico i Don l Ihrk ils acceptable today  said ii he sees a woman Al work m a very Short skirt he said. "1 think somebody s trying  be  Austin said he personally Peclers skills Al the knee hallway Sci Ween conservative and Liberal inc same he Suid. As  political Page 13