waisting
Shaping the middle
Waisting is shaping a garment to fit the waist, or the part of a garment that covers the waist.
A tailor might add waisting to create a more fitted silhouette.
The term also appears in architecture and pottery for any narrowing that resembles a waist: the waisting of the column gave it an elegant profile.
Boned waist-shaping undergarment
- cinchGuaranteed easy thing
- bodiceFitted upper garment
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
peplum · basque · darting · seaming · boning · shaping · nipping · fitted
corset
Boned waist-shaping undergarment
silhouette · peplum · basque · darting · seaming · boning · shaping · nipping · fitted · tapering
carving
Shaping by cutting away
torso · modeling · shaping · clay · marble · bronze · chisel · maquette · anatomical · feminine
colonnade
Row supporting a roof
column · pedestal · shaft · narrowing · taper · profile · classical · proportion · turned · lathe
waistingflaring
Expanding outward suddenly
A-line · empire line · straight cut · relaxed fit · unstructured
waste, waist, wasting, waistband, waistcoat, waistline, waisted, unwaisted