-
horizontal line
where the
waist is narrowest, or to the
general appearance of the
waist.
Because of this and
because the
waist is
often synonymous with...
- cap or caul of pearls. Genoa, c. 1626. Marie-Louise de T****is
wears a
short-
waisted gown with a sash over a
tabbed bodice with a long
stomacher and matching...
- The
waist–hip
ratio or
waist-to-hip
ratio (WHR) is the
dimensionless ratio of the cir****ference of the
waist to that of the hips. This is
calculated as...
- Campus, Four Star, Curlee, Towncraft, and
Oxford Clothes produced short-
waisted gabardine jackets,
sometimes reversible,
commonly known as "Ricky jackets"...
- From the
early 19th
century through the
Edwardian period, the word
waist was a term
common in the
United States for the
bodice of a
dress or for a blouse...
- A high-rise or high-
waisted garment is one
designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips,
usually at
least 8
centimetres (3 inches)
higher than...
- knit-work,
flourished with silver. By the 17th century,
doublets were
short-
waisted. A
typical sleeve of this
period was full and
slashed to show the shirt...
- (>1 in.) the
natural waist. Natural: A
horizontal waistline that
falls at the
natural waist and
tends to make the
wearer seem
shorter by
visually dividing...
-
Shorts are a
garment worn over the
pelvic area,
circling the
waist and
splitting to
cover the
upper part of the legs,
sometimes extending down to the...
-
Evening Herald. Syracuse.
March 1893.
Still of
course the
short-
waisted gowns mean
short-
waisted corsets and
those ladies who wish to be in the real absolute...
