What are low waist, middle waist and high waist?

Low waist, also known as low waist line, refers to the position where the waist line is lower than the normal waist line (more than 3 cm). The popularity of low waist is deeply influenced by the western civilization that swarmed after the reform and opening up.

Generally, the waist height is less than 8cm below the navel, which is called the middle waist.

High waist is a waistline position that is obviously higher than the natural waistline. In modern times, it generally refers to a waistline position that is more than 3 cm higher than the normal waistline. High waist includes high waist and high waist pants, and skirt pants like skirts and pants can also be high waist.

High-waisted fashions are basically tight-waisted, mostly women's clothes, which are used to show the graceful waist of women, set off the rounded and full curve of hips, and make the lower limbs look slender and add a sense of slimness.

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Before 1980s, China's trousers, especially men's trousers, were high-waisted, with a big waist and a tie around them.

Some people say that the biggest difference between men's trousers in the east and the west lies in the waistband, which is tall in the east and low in the west. Therefore, there is a joke that if you look at a person from the bottom up, you can tell whether he is an old China or a foreigner by looking around his waist.

However, this secret has become invalid in today's frequent exchanges between Chinese and western clothing cultures, just as you can't judge your nationality by the color of your hair.

In the early 1980s, jeans fever swept the city like a gust of wind, which made people who were used to wearing high belts know about low-waisted pants for the first time, and they were surprised and happy. There are many words related to low waist: fashion, fresh, avant-garde, neutral, Leng Yan, cool, blues and so on.

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