From World War II to World War I: let's take a look what was happening to fashion in the waning days of 1915.
And the most startling innovation is—skirts have now risen above the wearers' ankles! Adult women's ankles had been hidden in ordinary wear for centuries. (There were exceptions, of course, for certain kinds of working dress and costumes worn by entertainers.) However, nice middle class ladies like the ones depicted below, would never have appeared in public wearing skirts as shockingly short as these.
What they probably didn't realise as yet was that the days when skirts for day wear would trail on the ground were over. Skirts would have their ups and downs in the coming decades, but as far as length goes, this would be as low as it got.
1. Robe d'enfant — Cétte robe trés simple á attache par des boutons boules et se ferme avec une large ceinture.[1. Children's dress — This very simple dress fastens with ball buttons and closes with a wide belt.]
2. Robe habilitée en taffetas — Jupe froncée, blouson de mousseline gris recouverte de bretelles de taffetas.
[2. Taffeta dress — Gathered skirt, gray chiffon jacket covered with taffeta straps.]
3. Costume genre tailleur — Jupe découpée sur un panneau plissé, petit boléro blousé devant.
[3. Tailored-style costume — Skirt cut on a pleated panel, small bolero bloused in front.]
4. Robe de fillette — Jupe foncée à volants, corsage blousé garni d'une cravate de satin d'un col de dentelle.
[4. Girl's dress — Dark ruffled skirt, bloused bodice trimmed with a satin tie and a lace collar.]
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