Waists

Waists smaller than their heads and skin that does not wrinkle

Planetarium Stephanie Lynn Devine 2011

Waists are cinched and outfits are carefully styled to exploit assets and exude the most allure and appeal.

The Shopping Diet Phillip Bloch 2010

Waists were often pinched under the huge shoulders.

Milan's Choice: Appeal to Reason or the Gut? 2009

Note 20: Marie Jonreau, "The New Spring Shirt-Waists," The Woman's Home Companion (April 1900): 36 and "Fashions of Today," Delineator (October 1898): 413. back

"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006

Waists and sweetheart necklines and pockets are all bliss in my book.

quite possibly perfect - A Dress A Day 2007

Waists do not run in my family, and even the corset doesn't give me much of one, but it was still kinda fun to wear.

lazarus Diary Entry lazarus 2004

The Ladies wear Cloaks black or white which come over their Heads and shoulders and reach down to their Waists.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 December 1779 1973

Men and Women have long Hair ramilied down to their Waists and even some times to their Knees.

John Adams diary 30, 13 November 1779 - 6 January 1780 1961

Waists we clasped a-waltzing they some other way now drape.

The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

Waists should be turned wrong side out when removed and allowed to air near a window.

Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson