- Title: FRANCE: ESTEREL'S AUTUMN COLLECTION SALUTES THE MINI SKIRT.
- Date: 25th July 1966
- Summary: ESTEREL'S SHOW AROUND SWIMMING POOL IN PARIS HOUSING ESTATE; MINI AND MINISCULE DRESSES; DETACHABLE SLEEVES THAT BECOME BEEL-BOTTOMS. Initials RGH/V/JH/GLH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 9th August 1966 13:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA4BFFMS2FBA41A5X6NTKNFYFNO
- Story Text: PARIS COLLECTIONS FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER OPENED TODAY (MONDAY) WITH A SALUTE TO THE MINI SKIRT FROM JACQUES ESTEREL. HI HEMLINES RANGED FROM A MINISCULE MINI 12 INCHES (30 CMS) ABOVE THE KNEE TO THE MORE NORMAL 4 INCHES (10 CMS).
BUT ESTEREL, A NON-CONFORMIST LOVES HIS WINE, INCLUDED SOME TRICKS TO COMFORT THOSE WARY OF CHANGING FADS; AMONG THEM COLOURED HEMBANDS WHICH SNAP ON -- OR OFF FOR THE MINISCULE MINI.
EVERYTHING TRANSFORMS IN THE ESTEREL COLLECTION AND NOTHING TURNS OUT TO BE WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE A FIRST SIGHT. ENSEMBLES COME IN FOUR AND FIVE PIECES WITH TUNICS WORN OVER REMOVABLE TIRES OF SKIRTS OR TROUSERS.
HIS WAISTLINES CAN BE MOVED UP OR DOWN AND EVEN SOME NECKLINES CAN BE LOWERED TO THIGH-HEIGHT.
NEW SHOES BY ESTEREL REVIVE THE ANKLE STRAP, FEATURED WITH A WIDE BRACELET AND BIG BUCKLES SET ON THE FRONT OF THE ANKLE. AND HE CONTINUES THE BRIGHT COLOURS THAT INVADED HIS LAST TWO COLLECTIONS WITH COLOURED PANELS THAT CAN BE REVERSED OR REMOVED ENTIRELY.
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