Word: zig
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...lines, "the oblique," "the zig-zag," and "the spiral," work at creating what the designers call "body-conscious shape." Oblique seams, side fastenings and spiral back wrappings encircle the body; simple little dresses are diagonally, often dizzily, detailed by wildly flying panels, bias cuts, tricky scarf necklines. Even Dior's Marc Bohan, who tends to flout the trends, does away with the bulky silhouette; although he concentrates less on S-lines than his colleagues, Bohan's fashions are the tightest, slenderest, most feminine of all. His decidedly youthful designs feature slim, high-bosomed bodices, gently flared skirts, wide...