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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
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2001
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A TRIM midsection is not something I've ever aspired to, which is
fortunate, since it is not something I've ever had. But now everyone,
from Chloe to Warehouse, is displaying racks of corsets, waisted
jackets 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 ago.
There have been increases in other measurements too - breasts are
up from a B-cup to a C-cup, and women are taller - but waists have
seen a disproportionate increase in growth. "All the evidence
suggests that ...