Fashion Foibles (1930)

“Fashion, the will-o’-the’wisp, has only one unbreakable rule - the rule of outline. In the days of Eve, outline was unmistakable“ (shot missing here). “In ancient Egypt, the rigid line seems to have been introduced, but the basic idea was the same as in Eve’s case - the garment hung from the shoulder.“ (this shot also missing). “A distinct contrast, say, from the hard riding Amazons of the “Row“ today - “ L/S of women walking in the park and riding horses (“Rotten Row“?) M/S of three girls sitting on park seats. “Greece contributed the next change to fashion - her learned men seemed shocked at the scantiness of skirts, so legs went out of sight.“ Woman holding a lyre (?) is silhouetted against a curtain. “Quite a contrast to yesterday.“ M/S of a row of women’s legs. One wears boots, the others shoes and stockings. One of the women stands up and walks away. “War and turmoil followed civilisation around the earth - and a thousand years ago women stayed near protective battlements and clothed