The prevailing skirt length is one that will clear the knees by an inch or two, though shorter hems are still being shown.

Still, there is no doubt that, as in dresses and cloth coats, short hems are a sign of the season.

Most of our short hems are just above the knees.

Fashionable women, hankering for change, will pick and chose and also probably drop their current short hems a bit.

She stopped, tugged once on the short hem of the dress.

Her leather boots were buckled up her thighs, coming within inches of the robe's short hem.

Heavier fabric requires a relatively shorter hem.

Plus the short hem shows off her great gams.

She knew the pale length of her legs must be quite visible beneath the incredibly short hem of the T-shirt.

And though mothers may be opting for shorter hems, little girls still prefer the longer tea lengths.