The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 228
y flaringskirts of recent modes. Whateverclings to the figure produces an effect ofmeagreness and a reduction of height.Whatever flows out from the waist, pro-ducing oblique lines by elongating therange over which the eye travels, in-variably increases the illusion of height.All divisions in way of… … from shoulder to hip, give both slender-ness and height. Breadth of decorative arrangementat the bosom lends slimness to the 200 TJic Esthetics of Dress. waist ; and width of sleeve also con-duces to this result. In like manner,whatever combines to give the throat
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