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back and ripples at the sides, lower your waistline on your pattern a little at the side. When the skirt is made up and the sides pulled up in place, it will throw the flare of the skirt to the side.

Fig. (73) If a skirt pokes out in the front, lower the waistline of the pattern in the back

Style changes in the way skirts are hung just the same as it does in the lines and pattern of the skirt. Twenty years ago the fullness of the skirts was swung to the back. A few seasons ago, the smart skirts hung with

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