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  2. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    Advertisement for women's fashion at McWhirters department store, Brisbane, Australia, 1941. Through the mid-1930s, the natural waistline was often accompanied by emphasis on an empire line. Short bolero jackets, capelets, and dresses cut with fitted midriffs or seams below the bust increased the focus on breadth at the shoulder.

  3. Category:1940s fashion - Wikipedia

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    Fashion during the 1940s — clothing designed and/or popular in the 1940s. Also fashion designers and clothing companies active during the decade. The main articles for this category are 1930–1945 in Western fashion and 1945–1960 in Western fashion .

  4. 1940s in fashion - Wikipedia

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    1940s in fashion may refer to: 1930–45 in fashion; 1945–60 in fashion This page was last edited on 20 ...

  5. List of defunct retailers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cygnet Shops – women's fashion store that closed in 1975 DEB – closed its stores in 2015, and returned later that year as an online-only retailer selling plus-size clothing Delia's – founded in 1993 as a juniors' clothing catalog, Delia's (stylized as dELiA*s) expanded to more than 100 physical locations before cheaper competitors sent it ...

  6. Judy's - Wikipedia

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    Judy's sold sportswear and fashion accessories, the women's stores catering to juniors: slim-cut, trendy styles. [3]In the late 1940s, Israel wrote, there were generally no boutiques catering exclusively for juniors and hardly any clothing companies producing styles for the juniors market.

  7. Harold's - Wikipedia

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    The chain operated high-end men's and women's clothing stores, usually located in upper-class areas and shopping centers in the southern, western, and mid-western parts of the United States, and targeted sales to customers between the ages of 30 and 50. [2] [3] [4] Originally selling only menswear, Harold's added women's apparel in 1958.

  8. Model (person) - Wikipedia

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    Catwalk or runway models display clothes from fashion designers, fashion media, and consumers. They are also called "live models" and are self-employed. Their height is generally over 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) for men and over 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) for women.

  9. History of fashion design - Wikipedia

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    During the early 18th century the first fashion designers came to the fore as the leaders of fashion. In the 1720s, the queen's dressmaker Françoise Leclerc became sought-after by the women of the French aristocracy, [4] and in the mid century, Marie Madeleine Duchapt, Mademoiselle Alexandre and Le Sieur Beaulard all gained national recognition and expanded their customer base from the French ...