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LDT2011 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 2011 Posts: 289	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/11/12 9:04 AM Are waistlines descending? A few years ago they were empire line but I'm starting to see the odd drop waist tops/dresses in the more trendy shops. I notice the cloche hat is in vogue at the moment so maybe 20's styling will be returning? ------ 'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
loti   FL USA Member since 2004 Posts: 2998	Login to reply to this post In reply to LDT2011 Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 9:23 AM I did a search on style.com and I think you'll find it interesting. Many of the designers are featuring styles with a dropped waist, and referencing 1920's. It looks like they started to creep in around 2010. You are onto something. Style.com 2012 dropped waist search results. ------ "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Coco Chanel Stash Sewn in 2011 as of 9/1/11... 148.5 Yds http://adonising.blogspot.com
Kim12469 MI USA Member since 2008 Posts: 1986	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 9:56 AM I've been noticing this trend too. I absolutely love the 1920's inpired fashion but infortunately as a large busted woman, it does me no favors Aesthetically though, I love how it looks! ------ http://kimsewsilly.blogspot.com/
LDT2011 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 2011 Posts: 289	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kim12469 Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 10:32 AM Quote: Kim12469 I've been noticing this trend too. I absolutely love the 1920's inpired fashion but infortunately as a large busted woman, it does me no favors Aesthetically though, I love how it looks! I too like the 20's styling but it doesn't flatter me as I'm an hourglass. Being 'young' I'm able to get away with something in a light material where the waist doesn't sit too low and the skirt is short. This is closest I have to 1920's dress and I just about get away with it but it is a little big on me. But I tend to have the same as 'millie' from modern millie film -- Edited on 1/11/12 10:46 AM -- ------ 'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
loti   FL USA Member since 2004 Posts: 2998	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 12:02 PM There's a drop waist in the Temperley Resort collection that would work for bustier shapes. It's No.2 in the slides. I have the same problem, the only way around it would be a compression bra. Temperley (see slide no 2) I think this might work for hourglass figures, you'd just have to fit it a bit more. Rachel Roy drop waist. ------ "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Coco Chanel Stash Sewn in 2011 as of 9/1/11... 148.5 Yds http://adonising.blogspot.com
MNBarb   Intermediate MN USA Member since 2010 Posts: 1227	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 12:16 PM UGH. I have the small bust for this style but have a long torso. Those dropped waists make me look like I forgot to grow legs. ------ Barb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." Woodrow Wilson
Kim12469 MI USA Member since 2008 Posts: 1986	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 12:27 PM So who does this style work on??? There is one Butterick dress with a longer waist that I like, but it's fitted. That would work on a larger bust or hourglass but you lose the 20's style with it. B5641 ------ http://kimsewsilly.blogspot.com/
allycovey   Intermediate AR USA Member since 2007 Posts: 968	Login to reply to this post In reply to MNBarb Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 3:48 PM I have the opposite problem so these tops and dresses work really well for me. I have a short torso and extremely long legs. If I were to tuck in my shirt into my pants I look like I have boobs sitting on top of legs with nothing in the middle. HA I come into it naturally though I remember Grandma wearing these sack dresses momma told me were made from Potato sacks????? Anyway, she always wore a belt and I swear thats what she looked like too. A large bust sitting on top of legs
JTink Intermediate VA USA Member since 2008 Posts: 4036	Login to reply to this post In reply to allycovey Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 4:57 PM Ally, you gave me my chuckle for the day Back in the day, before my pot belly got more noticable, I could actually wear these drop waist things. If my failing memory serves me right, the mid to late 1960's was a big time for these. That's when I was wearing the drop waist. Twiggy Time
ryan's mom   PA USA Member since 2004 Posts: 4016	Login to reply to this post In reply to allycovey Like this post Subject: Waistline hights Date: 1/11/12 5:40 PM lol! I have that opposite problem too. Completely understand the boobs sitting on top of legs with nothingin the middle. ------ Big 4 Pattern size 12, RTW bottom: 6, RTW jacket 8, RTW top (no size fits me well!) Measurements: 34 HB/36 FB (34C bra)/27.5/36 (and working hard to keep it that way.) Machines: Sewing (Janome Memory Craft 3000 and Kenmore 158 Series machine), Serger (Babylock Imagine), Embroidery (Janome 300E) If you think your sewing is better than everyone else's around here, get out of my way b****. I hate sewing snobs. My blog: www.phatchickdesigns.blogspot.com

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