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  • The House of Worth relaunched several seasons ago with a lingerie line, but Italian designer Giovanni Bedin's collection of eight waspwaisted bodice dresses in fine lace and tulle were the label's first foray into couture in more than half a century.

    News from www.pantagraph.com 2010

  • The House of Worth relaunched several seasons ago with a lingerie line, but Italian designer Giovanni Bedin's collection of eight waspwaisted bodice dresses in fine lace and tulle were the label's first foray into couture in more than half a century.

    phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2010

  • For Anglomania, Westwood delivered swingy dresses with waspwaisted bustier-belt hybrids and skintight jeans and sleeveless vests in metallic denim.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • For Anglomania, Westwood delivered swingy dresses with waspwaisted bustier-belt hybrids and skintight jeans and sleeveless vests in metallic denim.

    CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010

  • The House of Worth relaunched several seasons ago with a lingerie line, but Italian designer Giovanni Bedin's collection of eight waspwaisted bodice dresses in fine lace and tulle were the label's first foray into couture in more than half a century.

    News from www.pantagraph.com 2010

  • The master of another kind of excess, Christian Lacroix, toned down his Baroque opulence, turning out a collection of (relatively) simple, perky cocktail dresses, cocoon coats and clean-lined, waspwaisted suits in gray tweed.

    Centredaily.com: Local 2009

  • The master of another kind of excess, Christian Lacroix, toned down his Baroque opulence, turning out a collection of (relatively) simple, perky cocktail dresses, cocoon coats and clean-lined, waspwaisted suits in gray tweed.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • And once again, Galliano proved that after more than a decade the helm of Dior, he can still dream up new variations on Mr. Dior's famed Bar jacket: Enter this season's hard-boiled Bar trench, the sophisticated, waspwaisted cousin of the Sam Spade staple.

    unknown title 2009

  • The master of another kind of excess, Christian Lacroix, toned down his Baroque opulence, turning out a collection of (relatively) simple, perky cocktail dresses, cocoon coats and clean-lined, waspwaisted suits in gray tweed.

    unknown title 2009

  • The master of another kind of excess, Christian Lacroix, toned down his Baroque opulence, turning out a collection of (relatively) simple, perky cocktail dresses, cocoon coats and clean-lined, waspwaisted suits in gray tweed.

    IdahoStatesman.com News Updates 2009

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  • "From a corner the morning hours run out, goldhaired, slim, in girlish blue, waspwaisted, with innocent hands." Joyce, Ulysses, 15

    January 1, 2008

  • If that doesn't describe Vampira (a.k.a. Maila Nurmi), nothing does.

    January 1, 2008