Leading the way towards this silhouette, last seen in 1889, is London`s most directional designer, Katherine Hamnett. Her newest skirt has been gathered up, pulled taut at the front and the slack ...

In spite of all that bra-burning of the `60s, emancipated females in this penultimate decade of the 20th Century are displaying some quaintly old-fashioned curves. The bustle is back. Leading the way ...