The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals (1893)
Ecob, Helen Gilbert · New York, Fowler & Wells co. · leaf 226
VENUS OF MILO. Here we have the embodiment of an ideal form. The Venus of Milo givesus the true proportions of the feminine body and is also the type of healthfulmuscular development. The tendency to corpulency among women in middlelife is an indication of disease. The remedy for this disease is… … PARIS FASHION-PLATE. This figure is a fair exponent of our Magazines of Fashion. The girth ofthe waist is little more than that of the neck. This proportion is not unusualin actual life. With this deformity we find a ponderous development of hips,produced by the crowding down of organs and muscles.…
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