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What dress shapes to look for The shape of a dress can accentuate certain parts of your body, so depending on where you love to accentuate, you can look for a particular style

SMALL: Bust 34", Waist 26"Bodice is 15 longSkirt is 20" longSleeves are 22" longCuffs max 8"Collar (unstretched) 13" MEDIUM: Bust 36", Waist 28"Bodice is 15.5 longSkirt is 20" longSleeves are 22" longCuffs max 8"Collar (unstretched) 13" LARGE: Bust 38", Waist 30"Bodice is 16 longSkirt is 20" longSleeves are 23" longCuffs max 8"Collar (unstretched) 13.5" XLARGE: Bust 40", Waist 33"Bodice is 16.5 longSkirt is 21" longSleeves are 23" longCuffs max 8"Collar (unstretched) 14" 2XLARGE: Bust 42", Waist 34.5"Bodice is 17 longSkirt is 21" longSleeves are 23" longCuffs are 8"Collar (unstretched) 14.5" 3XLARGE: Bust 44", Waist 38"Bodice is 17.5 longSkirt is 22" longSleeces are 23.5" longCuffs are 9"Collar (unstretched) 15" 4XLARGE: Bust 46", Waist 40"Bodice is 18 longSkirt is 23"Sleeves are 23.5" longCuffs are 9"Collar (unstretched) "15.5" 5XLARGE: Bust 48", Waist 43"Bodice is 19 longSkirt is 23" longSleeves are 24" longCuffs are 10"Collar (unstretched) 16" 6XLARGE: Bust 50, Waist 45.5Bodice is 20 longSkirt is 23" longSleeves are 24.5" longCuffs 10"Collar (unstretched) 16.5" Red colorway was called "Bathory" and available up to size 5XL (no 6XL)

With a waist tie that can be tied at the front or back

and, for officers, a double-breasted bridge coat (similar to a pea coat but knee-length)

I also didn't love the ornate pieces on the bottom of the dressers

By the mid 60s the shirtwaist dress was updated into the step in shirtwaist dress which was a button down skimmer dress tightened with an optional thin tie belt