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2. Parachute pants - Wikipedia

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   Bugle Boy parachute pants are identifiable by having the word "Countdown" on a small tag above the rear pocket's zipper. Teenage boys were the main wearers of parachute pants. They typically cost $25-$30 a pair (US$80-$112 in 2024, accounting inflation). During the height of their popularity, 1984–1985, boys wearing parachute pants were ...

3. Harem pants - Wikipedia

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   Harem pants or harem trousers are baggy, long pants caught in at the ankle. Early on, the style was also called a harem skirt . [ 2 ] The original so-called 'harem pants/skirts' were introduced to Western fashion by designers such as Paul Poiret around 1910, although they themselves were inspired by Middle East styles, and by şalvar ( Turkish ...

4. Bershka - Wikipedia

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   Bershka (Spanish: [ˈbeɾʃka, ˈbeɾska]) is a Spanish clothing retailer founded in 1998 in Spain. It is part of the Spanish Inditex group (which also owns brands such as Zara , Massimo Dutti , Pull&Bear , Oysho , Uterqüe , Stradivarius and Zara Home ).

5. Katharina Paulus - Wikipedia

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   During the First World War, Paulus created approximately 125 parachutes a week. She was also credited with inventing the "drag 'chute", an intentional breakaway system where one small parachute opens to pull out the main parachute. [6] Paulus was an avid aeronaut herself and logged over 510 balloon flights and over 165 parachute jumps in her ...

6. Cheryl Stearns - Wikipedia

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   Stearns made her first parachute jump in 1971 at the age of 17 in Coolidge, Arizona. [2] [3] In 1977 she became the first female member of the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army's elite parachute team. She served two three-year tours. [4] She served two active duty hitches with the Golden Knights in her military career. [5]

7. Jump boot - Wikipedia

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   Although there is considerable variation in the features of modern jump boots, an example of the defining characteristics can be found in the US M1942 "Boots, Parachute Jumper" (as popularized by the Corcoran Boot Company during World War II) are extended lacing from the instep to the calf and rigid, reinforced toe caps; [5] these features were intended to give greater support to the wearer's ...