Word: waists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rome a clever hostess gave a dinner. She invited a witty Cardinal and, for him, a charming lady. But as the Cardinal drew up his chair to the table, he saw too many of the charms of the charming lady beside him; she was fashionably undressed above the waist. On her he bestowed one enfolding glance; then through every course but the last he courteously ignored her to her distress. For his dessert, he judiciously chose a ripe red apple, peeled it and halved it with care. On the charming lady's plate he set one half...
...Venus à la Mode" depicts a committee at work with tape measures and other engineers' paraphernalia measuring the head, arms, bust, waist, legs of a young miss for the spiritual title of "Miss New York," or Miss Philadelphia," it is not certain which...
...spring fashion shows in Paris, females were shown what to wear: evening gowns that came up to the neck in front and down to the waist* in back; sport sweaters used as jumpers; belts on jackets, ensemble coats and separate coats; colors of red banana, vert d'eau (light green), cochineal, silver grey, violine (light purplish blue...
...waist line was fixed at the top of the hip bones...
...that looked most like a slice of a huge pumpkin. It weighed (with other scoopings of fat) 31 pounds, and left a yellow gap across Mr. Phillips's belly, which the surgeons promptly closed by lifting flesh up off the thighs and nether parts to the steadier waist line. In three weeks he can be back at his gas station, can function with less discomfort...