the wasp waists and bustles of the Victorian period
Example sentencesExamples
Fashion in clothes often influences body shape - witness the corset and the wasp waist.
The wasp waist becomes the focus as the tie dye velvet jacket is teamed with a full pleated skirt creating a feminine feel.
The dress was a pale lime green, it had a wasp waist and the skirt was gathered the tiniest bit to give it some twirl.
I had planned on wearing a gown she had made for me, but she came in my door, holding a gown of dark blue, with sliver embroidery on the neck, sleeves, hem, and wasp waist.
The look defines a determined woman; a woman who carries off a classically man-tailored suit complete with tie and asserts her femininity with a sheer silk blouse and wasp waist.
Derivatives
wasp-waisted
adjectiveˌwɒspˈweɪstɪd
The stone statues of the abstract Union Soldier grow slimmer and younger each year - wasp-waisted, they doze over muskets and muse through their sideburns.
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His wasp-waisted, long-limbed figures express the era's aspirations and opulence with disarming force.
I'll just keep it that way and make everything else so much bigger that I'll look wasp-waisted and cartoonish.
Essentially designed to go with the romantic, wasp-waisted Fifties look, bear in mind that these pieces are fashioned to stop at your middle.
The family gathers in front of the house, the mother in her wasp-waisted dress a picture of 1950s domesticity as she repeatedly leads a child down the walk.
Definition of wasp waist in US English:
wasp waist
noun
A very narrow or tightly corseted waist.
蜂腰，细腰
the wasp waists and bustles of the Victorian period
Example sentencesExamples
The dress was a pale lime green, it had a wasp waist and the skirt was gathered the tiniest bit to give it some twirl.
The wasp waist becomes the focus as the tie dye velvet jacket is teamed with a full pleated skirt creating a feminine feel.
The look defines a determined woman; a woman who carries off a classically man-tailored suit complete with tie and asserts her femininity with a sheer silk blouse and wasp waist.
Fashion in clothes often influences body shape - witness the corset and the wasp waist.
I had planned on wearing a gown she had made for me, but she came in my door, holding a gown of dark blue, with sliver embroidery on the neck, sleeves, hem, and wasp waist.