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  2. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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    Although more common in women's apparel, vanity sizing occurs in men's clothing as well. For example, men's pants are traditionally marked with two numbers, "waist" (waist circumference) and "inseam" (distance from the crotch to the hem of the pant). While the nominal inseam is fairly accurate, the nominal waist may be quite a bit smaller than ...

  3. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    The B fitting adds 12 cm and the T height modifier 4 cm to the base hip measurement 89 + 16 = 105 cm. [13] Additionally there are a set of age based waist adjustments, such that a dress marketed at someone in their 60s may allow for a waist 9 cm larger than a dress, of the same size, marketed at someone in their 20s. The age based adjustments ...

  4. List of garments having different names in American and ...

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    joggers, [24] pants Long leg bottoms trousers, [25] pants [26] (Northern England only) [27] pants [26] garment worn over genitals as underwear - gender specific term (women) knickers [28] panties [29] Garment worn over genitals as underwear - gender neutral term pants, [26] underwear, underpants [30] underwear, underpants [30] Garment worn ...

  5. Fanny pack - Wikipedia

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    Artificial leather fanny pack with side-release belt buckle, belt slide for adjustment and top-open zipper compartment. A waist bag, fanny pack, belt bag, moon bag, belly bag (American English), or bumbag (British English) is a small fabric pouch worn like a belt around the waist by use of a strap above the hips that is secured usually with some sort of buckle.

  6. Hoodie - Wikipedia

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    A hoodie is a type of sweatshirt [1] with a hood that, when worn up, covers most of the head and neck, and sometimes the face. The most common 'pullover' style hoodies often include a single large knife pocket or muff on the lower front, while hoodies with zippers usually include two pockets, one on

  7. Low-rise (fashion) - Wikipedia

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    It later adopted the style in men's wear. [10] [11] [12] Gradually the wide acceptance of low-rise pants by men led to low-rise swimwear and underpants. [13] [14] Britney Spears is credited with popularizing the fashion in the US in the early 2000s. [15] [16] From 2001 to 2007, low-rise jeans often exposed thongs or G-strings, but this declined ...

  8. Sagging (fashion) - Wikipedia

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    Sagging clothing is a violation of some school dress codes, [3] [18] [19] [20] and the prohibition has been supported in the court system. [21] Two weeks after the "Pants on the Ground" video became popular due to American Idol , a billboard campaign against the style of sagging pants was launched in the Dallas, Texas, area.

  9. Trousers - Wikipedia

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    In North America, Australia and South Africa, [6] pants is the general category term, whereas trousers (sometimes slacks in Australia and North America) often refers more specifically to tailored garments with a waistband, belt-loops, and a fly-front. In these dialects, elastic-waist knitted garments would be called pants, but not trousers (or ...