Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Another Book Excerpt: Fitting

Fitting

Fitting is largely a question of proportion. An authority on the subject described it as follows:

A good fitter so proportions the garment that every figure defect is minimized. A woman’s shoulder may be one-half inch lower than normal on the right side and three-quarters of an inch lower on the left side; yet if the shoulders are altered and the underarm of both the sleeve and the dress shortened too, her clothes will look exactly balanced, and she will be beautifully dressed.

Another famous designer said, “Half an inch to the right or the left, higher or lower here, under the bust, can make a woman look ten years younger than she is.”

Ten years younger, ya think??????

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