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Wasp waist - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Bodice, Center, Core, Corsage, Diameter, Diaphragm, Equator, Heart, Interior, Kernel, Linen, Mean, Median, Middle, Nucleus, Shift, Shirt, Zone
Wasp waist (1885)
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Wasp waist (1885)
Wasp waist by hip form girdle (1901)
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Wasp waist by hip form girdle (1901)

Wasp waist is a special tight zone in a corset, edged and uncomfortable. Only few corsets have wasp waists, and many wasp waists in old photographs are in girdles, on corsets and on postcard is the Wasp waist always retouched of normal corset.

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