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9 RULE OF PROPORTIONS

The rule of proportions already explained will be found equally divided and acceptable to the female figure and serves well to bring out the many valuable sections of the form The height of the body is divided into 3 principal parts. The first part is the head space from the top of the head to the socket bone; the second part is the natural waist length in back^ from the socket bone to the hollow of waist and the third part is the straight skirt length in front from the natural waist to the ground.

In order to better describe the height propor- tions, we are following the standard height of the female figure, which is .S feet 6 inches or 66 inches including the space of the head. The total height is divided into 8 units. These units are planted for simplified purposes, as follows: 1 unit covers the head space; 2 units covers the total waist length in back and 5 units covers the length cf skirt in front In order to have each unit of the total height well memorized see diagram on this page giving the total height of the body and how to divide it into 8 units. This diagram is showing each unit separately and marked from 1 to 8 sections. To simplify this action divide the height of a 5 feet 6 inch form, which amounts to 66 inches into the various sections and indicate the amount of each section and the total amount of all sections. amounts to

for the height of 5 feet 6 inches.