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Women's Clothing by Decade: Vintage Style and Body Shape, Part I
by Susan Muncey
November 5, 2021
Will it fit? In this post, I share
some of the things I have learned about vintage dress sizing, and how garment shapes through the decades may suit different body shapes today.
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