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2. Pencil skirt - Wikipedia

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   Pencil skirts made from stretchy knitted fabrics do not normally need vents or pleats. Typical shoes for wearing with a pencil skirt are pumps, or high heels, with sheer stockings or tights. Back-seamed hosiery recalls the classic pencil-skirt era of the 1950s. Pencil skirts can also be worn with flats for a more casual, youthful appearance ...

3. Basque (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary ...

4. Empire silhouette - Wikipedia

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   Portrait of Thérésa Tallien by Jean-Bernard Duvivier (1806) with Empire waist Brooklyn Museum. Empire silhouette, Empire line, Empire waist or just Empire is a style in clothing in which the dress has a fitted bodice ending just below the bust, giving a high-waisted appearance, and a gathered skirt which is long and loosely fitting but skims the body rather than being supported by voluminous ...

5. Dirndl - Wikipedia

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   A dirndl skirt is a full, wide skirt, gathered into folds at the waist. [3] The terms Trachtenmode and Landhausmode (literally "country house style") describe clothing of various styles borrowing elements from folk costume, such as colour, cut or material. [36] Examples would be single-piece dresses featuring a dirndl skirt.

6. Skirt - Wikipedia

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   Skater skirt: A short, high-waisted circle skirt with a hemline above the knee, often made of lighter materials to give the flowing effect that mimics the skirts of figure skaters. Squaw dress: A one or two piece outfit based on Native American clothing. Fashionable in the 1940s and 50s. [29] Swing skirt

7. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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   1837 dress. During the start of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, the ideal shape of the Victorian woman was a long slim torso emphasised by wide hips. To achieve a low and slim waist, corsets were tightly laced and extended over the abdomen and down towards the hips. [4]