At 11:25 AM 9/30/2005, you wrote:
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We do 1901. There is a posture shown in many contemporary
illustrations where the bust is pushed forward and the butt is
pushed backward, such that a standing woman is bent into an S-shaped
curve (think Gibson Girl). I can hardly present this un-natural,
but historically correct, posture as flattering. (It's really hard
on the back too - I've tried it.) But many dated contemporary
photographs show women not exhibiting this posture. So I'm going to
have to be careful playing the "flattering" card here. And the
silhouette I present as the one to copy will have to be taken from
the moderate end of what was done in our period.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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But isn't much (or even most) of that look an optical illusion rather
than actual physical posture? Lots of floof in the front and a pad
for the buttocks should give that look.
Joan Jurancich
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