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  • Thumbnail for Waist cincher
    A waist cincher (sometimes referred to as a waspie) is a belt worn around the waist to make the wearer's waist physically smaller, or to create the illusion...
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    at the waist than at the bust and hips. The bust, waist, and hips are called inflection points, and the ratios of their circumferences are used to define...
    64 KB (7,227 words) - 18:27, 4 June 2024
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    to its simplicity, it has come to be widely used for preliminary diagnoses. Additional metrics, such as waist circumference, can be more useful. The BMI...
    63 KB (6,658 words) - 08:25, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jewellery of Tamil Nadu
    silver or gold chain for tie around the waist of infants or children and men even thick black or red thread will be used. Arasala (Arasa ilai), pipal or...
    9 KB (879 words) - 12:51, 17 April 2024
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    velvet hems and waist pleats; the neckline was either square or round, with metal snaps or small porcelain buttons. The armhole and the neckline were adorned...
    22 KB (2,460 words) - 14:54, 4 March 2024
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    the later 1550s. Fabric or chain girdles were worn at the waist and hung down to roughly knee length; a tassel or small prayer book or purse might be...
    55 KB (6,815 words) - 07:35, 26 May 2024
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    than WHR when it comes to perceiving attractiveness of the opposite sex. It was found that waist to hip ratio played a smaller role in body preference...
    243 KB (27,238 words) - 05:20, 8 June 2024
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    established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and...
    39 KB (4,573 words) - 14:45, 31 May 2024
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    Corset controversy (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    much smaller round the waist, but quite easy over the hips and chest. In these I reduced her half an inch a month until I brought her waist down to eighteen...
    87 KB (13,435 words) - 16:12, 22 April 2024
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    dorsi and a small waist which makes for a V-shape of the torso. Hourglass shape: The female body is significantly narrower in the waist both in front...
    29 KB (3,006 words) - 12:05, 6 May 2024
  • surprised and her skirt inflates to a tutu when she dances or pulls the ripcord on her waist. In Davenport's earliest sketch of the character, her face was more...
    11 KB (1,903 words) - 14:53, 3 June 2024
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    from the main body and also a high degree of waist suppression around the waistcoat, where the coat's diameter round the waist is less than round the chest...
    38 KB (5,208 words) - 00:49, 25 April 2024
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    designed to be used in open areas. When it is tripped, a small propelling charge launches the body of the mine 3 to 4 feet (91 to 122 centimetres) into the air...
    3 KB (314 words) - 02:30, 4 February 2024
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    expected to be worn underneath) Underbust girth (♀ women) Horizontal girth of the body measured just below the breasts Waist girth Girth of the natural...
    26 KB (2,064 words) - 09:38, 29 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1830s in Western fashion
    narrow, low waist, achieved through a combination of corsetry to restrict the waist and full sleeves and skirts that made the waist appear smaller by comparison...
    30 KB (3,122 words) - 16:51, 17 May 2024
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    Kilt (redirect from Small kilt)
    the waist down to the centre of the knees. The overlapping layers in front are called "aprons" and are flat; the single layer of fabric around the sides...
    41 KB (4,969 words) - 11:29, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1840s in Western fashion
    sloping, waists became low and pointed, and sleeve detail migrated from the elbow to the wrists. Where pleated fabric panels had wrapped the bust and...
    23 KB (2,428 words) - 09:45, 2 June 2024
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    Europe; these were tights that stretch from waist to feet. The outline of the legs were conspicuously shown, with the groin area sometimes covered by a material...
    6 KB (724 words) - 10:36, 16 October 2023
  • stripped to the waist with his arm up a cow. I spent so many days worrying about it, I didn't even give much thought to the cold weather. The series was...
    71 KB (9,801 words) - 19:04, 12 May 2024
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    1600–1650 in Western fashion (category 17th century in the arts)
    in favour of breeches. The silhouette, which was essentially close to the body with tight sleeves and a low, pointed waist to around 1615, gradually softened...
    43 KB (5,019 words) - 11:18, 12 December 2023
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