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 of the body and small through the hips.

The size of the hips regulates the size at the lower edge. The larger the hips, the fuller the lower edge must be. You remember the old joke about the stout woman’s skirt looking like a tent. Well, she had large hips and the skirt was circular.

Materials must be suited to the styles, too. All the style can be taken out of a new design and a modish material by matching them up wrongly. Style and material must hitch. They must belong together. Just the weight of the texture makes a difference.

A skirt with very much fullness at the top needs a thin or a pliant medium weight goods.