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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears (/ s ɪər z / SEERZ), [6] is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail-order catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. [7]
Tiegs was the first model to appear twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, [14] but she significantly raised her profile in 1978, when she posed in a fishnet swimsuit. [15] Tiegs additionally made the cover of People four times, [16] and did three covers for Time, most notably for the "All-American Model" cover story in ...
Colleen Corby (born August 3, 1947) is an American retired model. She is best known for her work as a teen in the 1960s, as well as for her modeling work in department store catalogs from the 1960s and 1970s, including those of Sears, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, and others. Corby's modeling career began in 1959 when she was eleven years old.
Plus-size clothing worn by plus-size models is typically catering for and marketed to either big, tall or overweight men and women. Plus-size models also engage in work that is not strictly related to selling clothing, e.g., stock photography and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical products and sunglasses ...
US women's beach volleyball team has cited several advantages to bikini uniforms, such as comfort while playing on sand during hot weather. [194] Photo shows US beach volleyball players Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat in their uniforms. In 1994, the bikini became the official uniform of women's Olympic beach volleyball. [195]
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Plus-size models (65 P) Pages in category "Sizes in clothing" ... Women's oversized fashion in the United States since the 1920s ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
Sears moved into the sports and leisure market 1978, buying Olympus Sports. In 1980, they acquired clothing retailer Wallis and US-based Butler Shoe Corporation in 1981. They sold Sears Industries in January 1982. [11] In 1982, jewelers Conley were renamed Walker & Hall and in 1983, Sears acquired a 20% interest in Central Independent ...