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The Hyde Grammar School netball team, 1949, wearing gymslips (Manchester, England). Navy woolen pinafore dress with velvet yoke, worn by students of Dunfermline College of Physical Education c. 1910–1920. A gymslip is a sleeveless tunic with a pleated skirt most commonly seen as part of a school uniform for girls.
The sack-back gown or robe à la française was a women's fashion of 18th century Europe. [1] At the beginning of the century, the sack-back gown was a very informal style of dress. At its most informal, it was unfitted both front and back and called a sacque, contouche, or robe battante. By the 1770s the sack-back gown was second only to court ...
The general rule of length for skirts is mid-thigh and can be sized simply by using the "fingertip" rule. Modern skirts are offered in various rises as well. Traditionally the skirt should be worn at the natural waistline, at the navel area. The traditional skirt should be high enough to touch the bottom of the shell slightly.
A skirt cut in sections to make one or more circles with a hole for the waist, so the skirt is very full but hangs smoothly from the waist without darts, pleats, or gathers. Culottes: A form of divided skirt, split skirt, or pantskirt constructed like a pair of shorts, but hanging like a skirt. [23] Full skirt
Elementary school (Chinese: 國小)：White short trousers and shirts are most common for the boys, while girls will wear a pleated skirt Junior high school (Chinese: 國中)：Males wear short-sleeved shirts with shorts. Females wear shirts with pleated skirts or skirt trousers. Some schools have sailor uniforms.
Now, thanks to flappers, hippies and women of all ages and shapes, we can show a little leg without causing outrage. However, there is a time and a place for everything."If you wear short skirts ...
A Texas jerky seller allegedly threatened to show up to a Capital One office with “a machete and gasoline” and “do things that are unforgivable” in a rage at a $543 debt, according to a ...
Box pleats Double box pleats. Box pleats are knife pleats back-to-back, and have a tendency to spring out from the waistline. [3] They have the same 3:1 ratio as knife pleats, and may also be stacked to form "stacked-" or "double-box pleats". These stacked box pleats create more fullness and have a 5:1 ratio. They also create a bulkier seam.