c.1929 Woman on Ship,wearing a separate skirt and top. Way way back, when I first started experimenting with 1920s fashion, one thing in particular perplexed me. How did those loose fitting, drop waist skirts stay ON? I would look at photos of women clearly wearing a separate top and skirt, but the skirt wasn't fitted close to the body. The law of gravity should have prevented the skirt from doing anything other than puddling around her ankles, but cinching the skirt ... View Post