hemline

• The ribbons that fell from below her breasts almost to the hemline, and the rosebuds that were entwined in the knot were of a paler pink, and rosebuds of the same shade had been embroidered around the scalloped hem. —  Mary Balogh - A Masked Deception
• PROFESSOR PARRISH MAXFIELD had a run in her stockings, a long hideous laddering from ankle to hemline (and that border hovered well above her knees), visible from across a large room, and the sartorial blemish couldn't have surfaced at a worse time. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 04 - April 2003
• Taking the hassle out of the hemline, Berkley Brewer franchisees visit customers in the privacy of their own offices for that personal tailoring touch ......
• The gown was completed with scalloped lace and beaded trim along the hemline, which continued throughout the chapel length train. —  news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com
• "[T] he Academy wants to be viewed as serious, thoughtful, not too frivolous - the equivalent of a knee-length hemline, a pair of Calvin Klein wire-rimmed spectacles, a fun date, but one who actually read a book once," suggests —  GreenCine Daily

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