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2. Plus-size clothing - Wikipedia

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   By the early 1920s, Lane Bryant started selling clothing under the category 'For the Stout Women', which ranged between a 38-56 inch bustline. [6] Evans, a UK-based plus-size retailer, was founded in 1930. [7] In the 1920s, small boys' clothing store, Brody's in Oak Park Mich (now Bloomfield) started the "Husky" size clothing. [citation needed]

3. Women's oversized fashion in the United States since the 1920s

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   Sportswear, previously recognized as America's main contribution to fashion, consisted of a casual more relaxed style. [2] Coco Chanel, known as the first modern dressmaker, made one of the greatest contributions to style in the 1920s: the two-piece dress. She created two-piece dresses out of jersey (fabric), a comfortable stretchy fabric. [3]

4. Boyfriend (fashion) - Wikipedia

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   Boyfriend-style clothes are designed to be looser or boxier and tend to be oversized – giving the appearance that one is wearing a "boyfriend's clothing". The style can be traced back to the 1960s, when Marilyn Monroe wore her boyfriend's loosely-fitting jeans, which contrasted her feminine looks with a masculine aesthetic. [1]

5. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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   The most common size category. For women of about average height (5 ft 4 in) with an average bust height and an hourglass figure. Dress sizes may be given as girth at the bust in inches (e.g., 36), but even-numbered sizes from 2 to 16 are more common. Categorical sizes range from XS (extra-small) to XL (extra-large). Junior sizes

6. T-shirt - Wikipedia

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   Long T-shirts are also sometimes worn by women as nightgowns. A 1990s trend in women's clothing involved tight-fitting cropped T-shirts, called crop tops, short enough to reveal the midriff . Another less popular trend is wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt of a contrasting color over a long-sleeved T-shirt, which is known as layering .

7. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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   ISO 3638:1977, Size designation of clothes: Infants garments (withdrawn, replaced by ISO 8559-2) ISO 4415:1981, Size designation of clothes: Mens and boys underwear, nightwear and shirts (withdrawn, replaced by ISO 8559-2) ISO 4416:1981, Size designation of clothes: Women's and girls' underwear, nightwear, foundation garments and shirts ...