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Sometimes they have a continuous line from puffed top to narrower wrist: But you also see them where the contrast between puff and fitted is more dramatic: The sweetheart neckline is 1930s at the earliest: The waist peplum again to me seems like a call back to Sleeping Beauty: Someone (Stella) suggested in the comments on the previous post that Sleeping Beauty is wearing a corselet with tails, like this: But Im still seeing a peplum, which is essentially a short skirting on the bodice

It features a high mock neck and a sultry front lace trim that adds a touch of modern romance

Wear it for date night with flats, or dress it up with heels for a wedding

Painted Ladies, Channel 4 Documentary, 1996, Part 1: Nobility, Virtue and Nobility, Part 2: Aesthetic Lust, Part 3: Luxury and Frivolity, Steele, Valerie, The Corset: A Cultural History , New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2011