Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 72
58 ART IN ORNAMENT AND DRESS. dicular, the line that extends from the waist to the ground is considerably longer in a figure in a petticoat than in a figure in trousers, or close fitting breeches, because the eye measures the length of the line by following the oblique line from the waist to the… … really terminate. If the line, MO, perpendicular to the ground, measures the true distance from the waist to the heel, the eye prolongs this line to the point N, and replaces the line OM, which it cannot see, by the line NM. If the dress be still further lengthened by a train, the optical illusion…
Clothing and dress · Decoration and ornament · Fashion and art
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