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Empire waist

Empire waist dress, from Donald Deal.

Cynthia Nellis
Definition: A type of dress or top where the waist line is raised above the natural waistline, sometimes as high as right below the bust. Best on slender-on-top or petite figures, the empire dress creates the illusion of length and camouflages a bottom-heavy figure or thick waist.
Pronunciation: om-peer

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