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2. Oxford bags - Wikipedia

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   Oxford bags were a loose-fitting baggy form of trousers favoured by members of the University of Oxford, especially undergraduates, in England from the mid-1920s to around the 1950s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The style had a more general influence outside the university, including in America, but has been somewhat out of fashion since then.

3. 1920s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Trousers were relatively narrow and straight and they were worn rather short so that a man's socks often showed. Trousers also began to be worn cuffed at the bottom at this time. By 1925, wider trousers commonly known as Oxford bags came into fashion, while suit jackets returned to a normal waist and lapels became wider and were often worn ...

4. History of suits - Wikipedia

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   In the 1920s men began wearing wide, straight-legged trousers with their suits. These trousers normally measured 23 inches around the cuff. Younger men often wore even wider-legged trousers which were known as "Oxford bags." Trousers also began to be worn cuffed shortly after World War I and this style persisted until World War II due to rationing.

5. 1945–1960 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Typical hairstyles included the crew cut, Harvard clip, and regular haircut, [67] and common accessories included cardigan sweaters, sweater vests, Nantucket reds, khaki chino pants, white Oxford shirts, [68] Tootal or Brooks Brothers ties, Ascot neckties, tartan, grey tweed cloth or flannel sportcoats, [69] and seersucker blazers in the South ...

6. Trousers as women's clothing - Wikipedia

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   Throughout history, the role of trousers is a constant change for women. The first appearance of trousers in recorded history is among nomadic steppe-people in Western Europe. Steppe people were a group of nomads of various different ethnic groups that lived in the Eurasian grasslands.

7. Knickerbockers (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   During the early 20th century, knickerbockers were also increasingly worn by women. The fashion was exported from the US to Britain around the 1860s and continued until the 1920s, when it was superseded by above-knee-length short trousers (shorts), probably due to the popularity of the scouting movement whose uniform included shorts.