The War is Over!
Natural Waistline Has Conquered PITY FAT GIRLS! The war against the natural waistline is over, and it now stands victorious despite the clever strategy of femininity which intrigued for so long with drapes, flares, belts, bands, and stripes. It is true that in the fight the waistline became so muddled in the juggling with designs that it was almost
Voile and Organdie Voile and organdie frocks for summer, with bouffant skirts, show the waist-line in its correct position. And although the stout woman will cling to very long bodices, the slim girl will revel in the change, and welcome back the correct waistline, with its shorter bodices, and therefore longer skirts. Belts will all be very narrow, and when they are not worn, very fine pipings of material will divide skirt from bodice in an unobtrusive way. Here at least the tall slim girl has the advantage over her short stout sister. For the natural waistline is a torture to her of solid proportions. If she is short it not only makes her look rounder, but takes a couple of inches off her already skimpy height.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 502, 3 November 1928, Page 21
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190The War is Over! Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 502, 3 November 1928, Page 21
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