2 SEPTEMBER 1960, Page 25

La Robe Chemise

bisan of off-guard tendrc et souise "r foolish of women to abandon la Robe , CheMise, elallY Englishwomen with their long backs and bend serpentine- 44," ogures look best without a waistline. °f course the Americans would not have it, Aii in that women-dominated place girls must be bright and brittle and have a tight waist.

hrin ring it back, bring it back. douce et soumise. dif g back to my arms again la Robe Chemise. f You will not allow 'the implications of this %y dress's story For at leaSt it is comfortable and be hypocritical, You cannot, unless you are stupid, not know 19 beso it is irresistible 017-guard gay tenderand vulnerable. Uh under the old trees of Europe, on the soft f grass oh-i; .101 the tender ungirt dress,

STEVIE SMITH