Fashion
In modern clothing the region referred to as the waist is considerably below the waist as defined anatomically. With the advent of trousers and skirts that do not require support from above the clothing waist moved down to a position where the body starts to expand to form the buttocks and a support is therefore available.
The waistline of clothing is now generally well below the anatomical waist.
Jewellery, such as a belly chain, may be worn around either the clothing or anatomical waist.
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Famous quotes containing the word fashion:
“Men expect too much, do too little,
Put the contraption before the accomplishment,
Lack skill of the interior mind
To fashion dignity with shapes of air.
Luxury, yes but not elegance!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Fashion is the most intense expression of the phenomenon of neomania, which has grown ever since the birth of capitalism. Neomania assumes that purchasing the new is the same as acquiring value.... If the purchase of a new garment coincides with the wearing out of an old one, then obviously there is no fashion. If a garment is worn beyond the moment of its natural replacement, there is pauperization. Fashion flourishes on surplus, when someone buys more than he or she needs.”
—Stephen Bayley (b. 1951)
“Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.”
—Coco Chanel (1883–1971)