Shirtwaist or Simply, Waist

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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
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