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2. Knickerbockers (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Knickerbockers have been popular in other sporting endeavors, particularly golf, rock climbing, cross-country skiing, fencing and bicycling. In cycling, they were standard attire for nearly 100 years, with the majority of archival photos of cyclists in the era before World War I showing men wearing knickerbockers tucked into long socks.

3. Underwear - Wikipedia

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   In the 1950s, underwear came to be promoted as a fashion item in its own right, and came to be made in prints and colors. Manufacturers also experimented with rayon and newer fabrics like Dacron, nylon, and Spandex. [5] By 1960, men's underwear was regularly printed in loud patterns, or with messages or images such as cartoon characters.

4. 1945–1960 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Roy Rogers was a role model and trendsetter for many boys growing up in the 1950s. Due to the baby boom, there was a high demand for clothing for children. Children's clothing began to be made to a higher quality, and some even adopted trends popular with teenagers; many boys started wearing jeans to elementary school. Many girls' and young ...

5. Skipping-rope rhyme - Wikipedia

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   An Australian version of the Charlie Chaplin Skipping Song, as sung at Salisbury Primary School in Brisbane, Australia in the mid 1950s, is as follows: Charlie Chaplin went to France, To teach the ladies how to dance, First he did the Rumba, Then he did the twist, Then he did the Highland Fling, And then he did the splits.

6. Trousers - Wikipedia

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   Many North Americans refer to their underpants by their type, such as boxers or briefs. [citation needed] In Australia, men's underwear also has various informal terms including under-dacks, undies, dacks or jocks. In New Zealand, men's underwear is known informally as undies or dacks. [citation needed] In India, underwear is also referred to ...

7. Boxer shorts - Wikipedia

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   Man wearing jeans over boxer shorts. In 1925, Jacob Golomb, founder of Everlast, designed elastic-waist trunks to replace the leather-belted trunks then worn by boxers.These trunks, now known as "boxer trunks", immediately became famous, but were later eclipsed by the popular Jockey-style briefs beginning in the late 1930s.

8. Ah Men - Wikipedia

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   An advertisement for briefs included in the program for the 1975 Miss Gay America pageant. The Houston Ah Men location sponsored the event and staged a "male fashion show" as part of the ceremony. Ah Men was a clothing store in West Hollywood which catered to a gay male clientele.

9. Rubber pants - Wikipedia

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   Rubber pants or rubber panties were the predecessor to plastic pants and served the purpose of a diaper cover, replacing the woolen garment. However, "rubber pants" is still a generic term for any pull-on or snap-on incontinence protective garment. Lacking a fly front, the traditional variant is a true panty.