June and I, along with other friends, used to go dancing usually twice every weekend (Friday and Saturday nights). These dances were held at various tennis clubs in the suburbs and our favourite was at Mt Lawley TC but we also attended dances at the Alexander Park TC, the Nedlands TC and also the dance that was held in the refrectory at UWA.
June and I nearly always made our own clothes....young women did that a lot back then....so we decided to be daring and make ourselves black skirts to be worn with pretty tops for when we went to these dances. Mine was made of satin backed crepe and it fitted nicely and I made a few tops to wear with the skirt.
The first night we wore out new length skirts I must admit we couldn't help wondering what people would think of this latest, quite extreme fashion but were pleasantly surprised and pleased to be complimented by quite a few of the folk we knew. It wasn't long before others were following this fashion themselves.
I don't think the new look idea lasted very long and skirts eventually reverted to being shorter...perhaps mid-calf for a while....but it was a bit of an adventure at the time for two young teenager friends.
P.S. Although we now live quite some distance apart June and I still keep in touch mainly with birthday and Christmas cards. Perhaps I will ring her one day soon and remind of her when we decided to start a new fashion among our friends.
