Article: waistline

Article: short waist
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      17 words ...short waist • n. 1. a short upper body, with a high waist. 2. archaic a woman's dress with a high waist.

Article: long waist
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      16 words ...long waist • n. a low waist on a dress or a person's body. DERIVATIVES: long-waist·ed adj.

Article: waist
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      142 words ...waist / wāst / • n. the part of the human body below...above the hips. ∎  the circumference of this: her waist is 28 inches. ∎  a narrowing of the trunk of the body at this point: the last time you had a waist was around 1978. ∎  the part of a garment ...

Article: How to get a waist; Winter fashion, with its corsets and belts, calls for an hourglass figure, but exercise alone won't achieve it. Kate Rew rediscovers her centre in just two weeks.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  October 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......and wide belts, there is no escape. The waist is back. This is bad news for an increasingly...apple-shaped nation. My granny had an 18in waist when she married. But the average woman is now size 14-16 and measures 30in around the waist - a good three inches wider than 50 years...

Article: Gosh! What a waist
The Hindustan Times;  July 5, 2006 ;     378 words ......wished for an hourglass figure or a petite waist. The English did it with camisoles, the...women would do anything for that perfect waist. Fashion has now returned to the '50s with...flouncy pleated skirts that accentuate the waist, Valentino's spring collection is all about...

Article: How to get a waist Winter fashion, with its corsets and belts, calls for an hourglass figure, but exercise alone won't achieve it. Kate Rew rediscovers her centre in just two weeks
Evening Standard - London;  October 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......and wide belts, there is no escape. The waist is back. This is bad news for an increasingly...apple-shaped nation. My granny had an 18in waist when she married. But the average woman is now size 14-16 and measures 30in around the waist - a good three inches wider than 50 years...

Article: Fashion: Waist not, want not Stretch materials and figure-hugging tops are out. This season sees designers go for a more forgiving, if frumpy, look as the hourglass silhouette is eclipsed by drapes and folds .
The Independent - London;  May 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......For this season, it seems, a nipped- in waist is far from essential. In fact, as far...forward-thinking designers are concerned, the waist has dropped, bulked up or disappeared all...similarity ends there. A tightly clinched-in waist was essential to Dior's ultra-feminine...

Article: Does it hurt? Corset does! OUR VICKY FEELS THE AGONY GETTING A 16in WAIST LIKE DITA.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  February 8, 2007 ;     682 words ......burlesque dancer shoehorning her already tiny 21in waist into a corset, squeezing her down to 16in. That...football, and three inches less than the average waist of a three-year-old. With a 28in waist, I'm far from Dita's petite proportions. But the...

Article: KYLIE PAINFUL! Femailextra Ouch... what"s it really like squeezing into Ms Minogue"s tiny 16in waist orset...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 24, 2005 ;     673 words ......KYLIE MINOGUE wowed fans with her 16in waist, thanks to a jewel encrusted John Galliano...Notting Hill, West London. Size 8, 5ft 4in. WAIST BEFORE: 22in. I LOVE this look on Kylie...lives in South London. Size 8, 5ft 3in. WAIST BEFORE: 22in. HAVING just appeared in a...

Article: MAKE YOUR WAIST YOUR SECRET WEAPON.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  March 21, 2004 ;     181 words ......REED Did you know you could 'grow' from your waist? Exploiting and manipulating the position of your waist is more effective than heels for those in...First of all you need to be sure of where your waist is. A short waist means that your torso is...

Article: Refs keep a close eye on blocking below the waist
Post-Tribune (IN);  October 19, 2007 ;     442 words ......legal to block an opposing player below the waist. The rules differ between professional...ago that unrestricted blocking below the waist resulted in an unacceptably high injury...effect of eliminating blocking below the waist in high school football in open-field situations...

Article: Does it hurt? Corset does! OUR VICKY FEELS THE AGONY TRYING TO GET 16in WAIST LIKE DITA.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  February 8, 2007 ;     684 words ......burlesque dancer shoehorning her already tiny 21in waist into a corset, squeezing her down to 16in. That...football, and three inches less than the average waist of a three-year-old. With a 28in waist, I'm far from Dita's petite proportions. But the...

Article: What a waist ; For real women the old ideal of an 18-inch waist has never been less attainable. So why have we lost our curves? Blame the office
Evening Standard - London;  January 9, 2009 ;     427 words ...CHERYL Cole has a 25-inch waist. Small, isn't it? I bet you'd like a waist that small. She used to have a 29-inch waist, apparently, but was so horrified by its girth that she went on a strict diet. Victoria Beckham, at 23 inches, is so tiny that...

Article: SMALL IS PRETTY, BUT YOU NEED A WIDE WAIST FOR SUCCESS
The Hindustan Times;  December 7, 2008 ;     515 words ......survival in a competitive world, a tiny waist, big breasts and large hips are not quite...redistributing fat from the hips to the waist, reported anthropologist Elizabeth Cashdan...Simply put, if you are a woman with a wide waist, you are more likely to be strong, tough...