0 the length of a skirt or dress, or the lower edge of a skirt or dress:
In the 1960s hemlines suddenly shot up with the introduction of the miniskirt.
1 the bottom edge or the length of a skirt, dress, or coat
Both the hemline and cut were ' ' modern.
It is worn by both tall women and short women—the kind of coat that comes to three or four or five inches of the hemline.
I shall not pursue the "hemline" route pursued by the previous two speakers.
Economic fashions go up and down like hemlines.
It has become clear to me over the years that all organisations are as much subject to fads and fashions as hemlines for ladies used to be.
He designed dresses with bare midriffs, sheer panels, and very short hemlines, and as early as 1962 was designing high-fashion plastic garments.
She tells him that she is now focusing on the important things in life... versus hemlines and heels.
Hemlines do rise and fall as the fashion of the day dictates although they are unlikely to go up above the knee.
