Haweis, Mary Eliza Joy, 1852-1898 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 140
e and light-ness. It does fall in at the knees where the humanfigure naturally narrows, and spreads a little below withmuch the curve natural in walking. This curve may be THE REASON WHY. 119 traced in any statue. All women have a slight tendencyto be knock-kneed, whilst a mans leg is by… … Fig. 55.—A dress that does not contradict thenatural lines. Fig. 56.—A dress that contradictsthe natural lines. them. A tied-in dress is also commendable because itindicates those forms of the body which have too longbeen completely hidden, and so far wasted ; for beautyimplying visibility, a…
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