hemline
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- noun
- /ˈhɛmˌlaɪn/
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dobladillo
- Another narrow band, decorated with white and blue squares, runs along the hemline.
- a curved hemline
Then hold your sleeves in place, raise your arms, check if the hemline is long enough for your taste.
- Then hold your sleeves in place, raise your arms, check if the hemline is long enough for your taste.
- You know, the body's, the body and hemlines go up and down, but it does circle around.
Examples
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Then hold your sleeves in place, raise your arms, check if the hemline is long enough for your taste.
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We might change the hemline a little.
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Now what I did was I extended the hemline down like that, so it brings the attention back up to the eyes.
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Now, we can debate the length of her hemline.
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Hemlines rise and fall in a predictable pattern; silhouettes become extreme and then fall out of fashion.
Academic text (2011) -
The evening gowns that year were apt to have somewhat higher hemlines in the front than in the back, and these girls seemed to have adopted that feature as their very own.
Fiction book (1991) -
Three of the individuals wear a relatively plain white robe with a curved hemline, ending at the ankles in the back and at the knees in the front.
Academic text (1991) -
The designer decided to raise the hemline of the dress to create a more modern look.
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For the summer collection, many skirts feature shorter hemlines to accommodate warmer weather.
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She carefully pinned the fabric to adjust the hemline before sewing it permanently.
Synonyms
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The edge of a piece of cloth folded and sewn to stop it coming apart
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hemline comes from the sewing word hem, which means 'edge', plus line. So a hemline is literally the 'edge' line of a skirt or dress, and that is why it names how high or low the bottom falls.