No Knees for Fall as Hemlines Plunge in New York Couture
New York fashion weekly notes Fall 1970 couture embraces mood over length with hemlines from knee to ankle. Midi coats and longuette daytime skirts dominate while capes, gaucho pants, and knicker jumpsuits offer new shapes. Designers urge playful experimentation for a romantic, unconstructed silhouette.
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Longer Look Is Back Tweed Wool Ensemble
Tweed wool fabrics feature precise tailoring with buttons. A wool velour hat completes the ensemble. Kloss-Pruzan designs a cape and skirt in dark taupe wool crepe with a mauve sweater, side button closing and high slit. Geiger Campioni offers a mid-calf coat and a shorter dress in grey flecked wool, double breasted and braided in black, paired with a wide-brim wool velour hat.
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