Wasp Waisted

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Nicole Landaw's pearl spider pin is a witty addition to the shoulder of a wasp-waisted sun dress in a hot blue or orange hue, while Lito Karakostanoglou's glowing green earrings, made from real preserved scarabs from Thailand, make for excellent cocktail party chatter. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As Vogue Italia writes, Ethel's waist was due to her husband, William Granger, who was obsessed with the idea of a wasp-waisted woman. ❋ Unknown (2011)

His sense of cut, color and detail makes the wasp-waisted garb of the men and the flounce-skirt and fringe-shawl dress of the women contemporary and chic without betraying its clear traditions. ❋ Robert Greskovic (2011)

For spring, the new look went decidedly New Look—as in the wasp-waisted dresses that Christian Dior introduced as the world recovered from World War II. ❋ Christina Binkley (2011)

The wasp-waisted short jacket with its plunging neckline is a nod to both the seemly jackets in Christian Dior's 1947 New Look collection and the prominent décolletage in her former boss Vivienne Westwood's 1995 "Vive la Cocotte" show. ❋ Mary M. Lane (2011)

I visited the wasp-waisted, scenic little port of Balaclava. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For Anglomania, Ms. Westwood delivered swingy dresses with wasp-waisted, bustier-belt hybrids and skintight jeans and sleeveless vests in metallic denim. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Southern Afghanistan has long been Pakistan's sphere of influence and was seen as giving wasp-waisted Pakistan strategic depth in a major war with India. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Esme arrived at the table dressed in a wasp-waisted red suit that made her stand out like an addictive poppy in a field of faded daffodils. ❋ Susan Fales-Hill (2010)

I think of wasp-waisted Sophia Loren in a flaring skirt, as I recently saw her in our movie magazine, Screen. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)

He returned to the United States for commissions, painting John D. Rockefeller and Isabella Stewart Gardner with the same oily meringue and flair for elongation that he lavished on the likes of the foppish Lord Dalhousie and the wincingly wasp-waisted "Madame X." ❋ Unknown (2008)

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 ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

SHE HAD A LOOK MILLIONS OF women copied: the sleek blond chignon, bright red lips and nails, wasp-waisted Dior suits, chunky-heeled Ferragamo pumps, Fendi furs and Van Cleef and Arpels jewelry. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ordinal may be wasp-waisted and wear the most extraordinary hats, but I think we should make her a five-star General, or whatever the equivalent is in the UK more on her titles in a moment. ❋ Bettina Tizzy (2008)

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