might be right

Your coiffure might be right for the shape of your face, but not for the size of your body.

Dagget, Nancy, Reichl, Miriam Ed. 1952. Personal Beauty and Charm. New York, The Homemaker's Encyclopedia Inc. p.113

two branches of figure faults

There are two branches of figure faults, you can be too fat ...and you can be too thin.

Vasta, Ann. 1947. Beauty Handbook. London. Woman's Book Club. p.96

 

self-balance must be acquired

Self-balance must be acquired so that the flesh will not appear to be hanging on the body frame.

Archer, Alma. 1941. How to be Smart and Charming Book 3. New York. Personal Improvement Guild. p.76

advance one foot a trifle

When you stand at ease, keep your pelvis forward and legs well together…Then, advance one foot a trifle. This gives you a slender, tapering look and also a sense of life and motion.

Lane, Janet. 1947. Your Carriage Madam, A Guide to Good Posture. New York. John Wiley and Sons. p.121 

not within your control

Your height is not within control – but your proportions are.

MacFadden, Bernard. 1937. Exercise and Like It. New York. MacFadden Book Co. p.42