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2. Fustanella - Wikipedia

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   The full-pleated fustanella was worn by the Byzantine Akritic warriors originally as a military outfit, and seems to have been reserved for people of importance. [ 63 ] [ 69 ] It was frequently worn in conjunction with bows , swords , or battle-axes and frequently shown covered with a jointed corselet , or with a vest of chain mail . [ 63 ]

3. Isidwaba - Wikipedia

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   NBC Isidwaba full length. NBC members have a second version of the isidwaba that is natural uncoloured cowhide for daily usage. It is a shorter version that is used by married women as an under garment. The uncoloured isidwaba is worn over a lace garment that is tube-like called itete, which also extends to cover isidwaba on top.

4. Hobble skirt - Wikipedia

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   A year later, eighteen-year-old Ida Goyette stumbled on an Erie Canal bridge while wearing a hobble skirt, fell over the railing, and drowned. [4] To prevent women from splitting their skirts, some women wore a fetter or tied their legs together at the knee. [1] [8] Some designers made alterations to the hobble skirt to allow for greater ...

5. Bloomers - Wikipedia

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   They were most popular from the 1910s to the 1930s but continued to be worn by older women for several decades thereafter. More recently, the term bloomers has often been used interchangeably with the pantalettes worn by women and girls in the early 19th century and the open-leg knee-length drawers of the mid 19th and early 20th centuries.

6. Knee highs - Wikipedia

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   There were also different types and uses of knee highs for women. [2] Knee highs became popular during the 1960s and 1970s, worn in regular knee high length or top of the knee length so they could be folded over at the top, with the increase in popularity of the mini dress and miniskirt. [citation needed] This style continued throughout the ...

7. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Women employees of the Aluminum Co. of Kingston, Ontario wear knee-length skirts with blouses or sweaters (often with a string of graduated pearls), 1943. Women's fashion in Europe (Hungary, 1943). Singer Peggy Lee wears a pompadour hairstyle and an evening dress with a "sweetheart" neckline in the film Stage Door Canteen, 1943.