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Due to the diaphanous or sheer nature of 1920s and 1930s fashions, female body parts or virtual nudity, or both, can be on display even when the performer is fully clothed. As a result, when the Hays Code came into force in 1934, studio wardrobe departments had to attire actresses in more conservative as well as contemporary dress.
Chiffon is a lightweight fabric which is associated with elegance and luxury; [4] it drapes well and has a shimmery and sheer appearance. [1] [4] Under a magnifying glass, chiffon resembles a fine net or mesh, which gives it some transparency. Chiffon can be produced out of natural or synthetic fibres. [1]
Generally, multi-pitch routes that are at least 6–10 pitches or 300–500 metres in length, and mostly require hanging belays (i.e. due to the sheer nature of the route) are considered "big wall routes". Long multi-pitch climbs on mountains whose route is not continually on a sheer "big wall" face, are sometimes referred to as alpine rock ...
Sheer may refer to: Sheer fabric, a semi-transparent and flimsy fabric; Sheer (ship), a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture; Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation; Sheer Islands, Nunavut, Canada; Sheers, a form of two-legged lifting device; Ireen Sheer, a German-British pop singer; The Sheer, a ...
Sheer fabric is used in clothing, in garments such as stockings or tights and in dancewear and lingerie, and sometimes as part of clothing, such as in wedding gowns and formal costumes. Sheer fabric for clothing offers very little in the way of warmth for the wearer, and for this reason is commonly worn in hot weather.
Nia Long is flaunting it all!. On Dec. 19, SKIMS unveiled the sultry new campaign photos featuring the award-winning actress as the star of its next shapewear campaign.
The recursive nature of some patterns is obvious in certain examples—a branch from a tree or a frond from a fern is a miniature replica of the whole: not identical, but similar in nature. Similarly, random fractals have been used to describe/create many highly irregular real-world objects, such as coastlines and mountains.
Shear zones of the transform type are the San Andreas Fault in California, and the Alpine Fault in New Zealand. A shear zone of the thrust type is the Moine Thrust in northwestern Scotland. An example for the subduction zone setting is the Japan Median Tectonic Line.