It’s hard to get the hang
right on an empire line.
Pin the skirt a tad higher,
the waist is too low –
it needs plenty of swish
just above the knee.
V-neck or bateau?
Maybe a lace back reveal
running down the centre.
Cap sleeve or mid-length?
But the most important question to ask –
pockets or no pockets?
Well, perhaps just a sneaky one
at the hip. For my flask.
© N Nazir 2021
Written for Sammi Scribbles Weekend Writing Prompt: Empire, 70 words
*a lace back reveal only to the waist, I might add.
*this is not true. I’m actually making a skater skirt. I have yet to make such a dress.
*I don’t actually drink unless with people. I just love the idea of having a hip flask about one’s person. You know, just to get through the stress of life. Or for medicinal purposes, snakebites, that sort of thing.

Wonderful!
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Thanks Ali! 😀
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That dress would have a major market in Slovenia. 😀 Make note.
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Ha ha! Thanks Manja! Noted. I ought to have added a picture example but I thought I’d leave it to the imagination. Thank you! 🙂
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Wow. That’s brilliant, Sunra. Enjoyed this much. 😁
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Thanks so much, Jeff 💕☀️
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You’re most welcome, Sunra. Always. ❤🌹
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I absolutely love this! Bravo Sunra! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Thank you so much, Ami! ❤️ 🙌
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Marvelously written. Beautifully tailored. 🧵🪡❤
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Awww, thank you, Filipa ❤️
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Wonderful!
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Thank you!! 😊
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Well done, Sunra. I had to ask my seamstress (wife) to explain some of the sewing jargon. A flask pocket? Brilliant! 🙂
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Hey, thanks Bill! That’s lovely to hear 🙂 I’m glad your wife could fill you in, ha ha! 😀
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🙂
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It’s not exactly my style, could you knock me up some jeans – with a sneaky hip flask pocket of course?
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Ooh, not sure my skills stretch to jeans, Keith! Perhaps some window cleaner trousers with big front pockets?? 😀 (Though even that’s stretching it, I just know they’d be easier than jeans!)
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We both went the fashion route!
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It was the first one that sprang to mind! 😀 That and the Empire State Building!
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I didn’t want to go the empire of nations route so.. 😉
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Wonderful!! 🙂 Dresses *should* have pockets – pockets are enabling – whether for hip flasks or otherwise.
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Indeed, Kate! ❤️
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Thank you! 🙌
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you had me at hip flask 😂😊
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😂 I’m so glad! Sounds like everyone carries one! I’m obviously a bit late to catch on… 😂
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I love this imagery, love those honest last lines, and even this asterisked points of information at the end. This made my day 😀
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Thanks so much, JYP ❤️ That’s so wonderful to hear 🙌☀️
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