Women have sought and received advice on how to dress for as long as they have been putting clothing on their bodies. One area in which women have received advice on dressing for their body type is the use of line in dress as an illusion to change the way body shape and size is perceived. This study was undertaken to gain a better historical understanding of advice on dressing for different body types between 1914 and 1961. Advice books and textbooks written for women from 1914 to 1961 that included prescriptive information on how to dress for various body types were explored. This time period was selected as it coincides with critical years in the growth and maturity of the home economic movement in the United States. A content analysis of 15 historical texts revealed trends found within the themes of body ideal, line as illusion, and figure types.

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“在衣服中使用线条会产生魔法”：给 1914 年至 1961 年女性使用线条设计理想体型的建议

只要女性一直穿着衣服，她们就会寻求并获得有关如何着装的建议。女性收到的关于适合其体型的着装建议的一个领域是，在着装中使用线条作为一种错觉，以改变人们对身体形状和大小的感知方式。进行这项研究是为了更好地了解 1914 年至 1961 年间针对不同体型的着装建议的历史。探索了 1914 年至 1961 年为女性编写的建议书和教科书，其中包括有关如何为各种体型着装的说明性信息。之所以选择这个时期，是因为它恰逢美国本土经济运动增长和成熟的关键年份。对 15 篇历史文本的内容分析揭示了在理想身体、线条如幻觉、