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    The document discusses four different women's garment silhouettes: the trapeze dress which narrows at the shoulders and widens to a wide hem, the empire style which gives a short-waisted effect inspired by French fashions, the bell or hourglass shape resembling an hourglass, and the flapper style from the 1920s typically featuring knee-length dresses decorated with beads for evening wear.

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    The document discusses four different women's garment silhouettes: the trapeze dress which narrows at the shoulders and widens to a wide hem, the empire style which gives a short-waisted effect inspired by French fashions, the bell or hourglass shape resembling an hourglass, and the flapper style from the 1920s typically featuring knee-length dresses decorated with beads for evening wear.

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    GARMENT SILHOUETTES

    M A D E LY N L I N H A R E S

    TRAPEZE

    Unfitted dress made with narrow shoulders that gradually widens, somewhat
    like a pyramid, to a very wide hem.

    EMPIRE

    Used to describe styles worn the First Empire in France or those derived from
    or inspired by styles of this period; this bodice gives a short-waisted effect

    BELL OR HOURGLASS

    Used to describe a wide variety of apparel details or items that have the
    approximate shape of a bell or hourglass

    FLAPPER

    Revivals of styles inspired by or derived from clothing of the 1920s. Typical


    dresses were knee-length, long-waisted blouson-and chemise-types, often
    lavishly decorated with beads for evening.

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