Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele, joint author · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 120
elt only in the lining, should there be one. The question of a short or long so-called waistengrosses much attention. It is often agreeable tosee the curve of the spine outlined. Only a slen-der woman, in our opinion, should adopt the prin-cess form dress, which is at its best unlined andloose… … Fig- 38. altogether inappropriate, since it will not andought not to stay down in place smoothly withoutinadmissible whalebones. If the front of the bodyis treated to a short waist, and the back to a longone, in the same garment, the incongruity is feltwhen the woman is seen in profile. In our…
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