Talk:Hourglass figure

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Esthetics
Before the 20th century, such a voluptuous with great breasts generally treasured today generally socially perceived novelty from times earlier? Merely a distinct attribute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.44.178.73 (talk) 01:30, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

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Hourglass Figure and Plus-Size In The Fashion Industry
This section needs to be removed or heavily revised. As written, it's incorrect and misleading. The hourglass figure is considered desirable, but fashion designers do NOT design clothes that fit the hourglass figure. They design clothes in an hourglass silhouette that creates the illusion of an hourglass figure.

The one reference quoted to support the idea that fashion designers "design clothes that fit the hourglass body shape" is the link to https://www.universityoffashion.com/blog/tag/hourglass-figure-type/

If you read the article, it actually says that "most famous for the hourglass silhouette is Christian Dior and his New Look, as seen above. Nipped in at the waist, and balanced at the shoulder and the hip, many designers have worked to achieve this ideal including Charles Frederick Worth, Azzedine Alaia and of course, Alexander McQueen."

The hourglass silhouette is the shape of the CLOTHING, not the shape of the woman the clothing is designed to fit. The clothing is designed to create the illusion of an hourglass body shape.

George Simonton, a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City is quoted as explaining: "The silhouette fools the eye with its shaping and construction".

Also refer to the the Wikipedia article on Clothing sizes that includes size charts that show that most clothing is designed to fit a rectangle or a spoon (pear) body shape, which are the most common body shapes.

QuinnTigger (talk) 18:20, 14 August 2017 (UTC)QuinnTigger