Sempstress

If your background is like mine, your mother taught you to take a hip measurement – but only one.  In pattern making, women’s hips are generally measured in two places.  There’s a High Hip measurement, which represents the top of the hip curve, and the Full Hip measurement, which is the actual widest part of the hip line.  Given the amazing variety of of feminine shapes, it makes sense to take the extra measurement. The high hip measurement is used for fitting both skirts and pants that are meant to skim the body between the waist and hip, and for longer line corsets.

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