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Bloomers, also called the bloomer, the Turkish dress, the American dress, or simply reform dress, are divided women's garments for the lower body. They were developed in the 19th century as a healthful and comfortable alternative to the heavy, constricting dresses worn by American women.
Bloomers is a British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that aired on BBC2 in 1979. Five episodes of the show were made before Beckinsale died suddenly from a heart attack just before a planned rehearsal for the sixth and final episode of the first series.
Amelia Bloomer herself dropped the fashion in 1859, saying that a new invention, the crinoline, was a sufficient reform and that she could return to conventional dress. The bloomer costume died—temporarily. It was to return much later (in a different form), as a women's athletic costume in the 1890s and early 1900s.
Amelia Jenks Bloomer (May 27, 1818 – December 30, 1894) was an American newspaper editor, women's rights and temperance advocate. Even though she did not create the women's clothing reform style known as bloomers , her name became associated with it because of her early and strong advocacy.
Bloomer may refer to: Bloomer, a type of loaf of bread – a crusty loaf with rounded ends, and typically with several parallel diagonal slashes across its top; Bloomers (clothing), a type of clothing for women; LNWR Bloomer Class, an early British railway locomotive; Bloomer potato, a potato variety
The family of Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy are speaking out after the Sicily yacht tragedy.. Bloomer and his wife were among the 22 passengers on the ...
Bloomer was a name used to refer to three similar classes of 2-2-2 express passenger locomotives designed by James McConnell for the Southern Division of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). A total of seventy-four were built between 1851 and 1862. The classes were similar in design and layout but differed in dimensions.
Mr Bloomer’s working life took a turn when he appeared as a witness in Mr Lynch’s high-profile fraud case. The 70-year-old was an experienced businessman and chairman at a number of top firms ...