Ruth La Ferla, Triangle Fire: Liberating Clothing Made in Confinement. New
York Times, Mar 24, 2011. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22
/shirtwaist-fire-liberating-clothing-made-in-confinement/?ref=fashion
Note:
(a) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
(Mar 25, 1911; Manhattan; caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, who
either died from the fire or jumped to their deaths. Most of the victims
were recent immigrant Jewish women aged sixteen to twenty-three)
(b) waist (clothing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist_(clothing)
A shirtwaist has evolved from "a separate blouse constructed like a shirt"
to "a dress with the upper portion (the bodice and sleeves) fashioned like a
man's shirt, with a turnover collar and buttons down the front."
You can see both in images.google.com.
(c) have legs. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/have-legs
