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2. Trousers as women's clothing - Wikipedia

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   Trousers (or pants in American English) are a staple of historical and modern fashion. 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 ...

3. Elizabeth Fisher (journalist) - Wikipedia

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   Elizabeth Fisher. Elizabeth Fisher (1924 – 1 January 1982, Sag Harbor, New York) was a US author and editor of the feminist literary magazine Aphra. [1] Fisher's best-known work is Woman's Creation: Sexual Evolution and the Shaping of Society, in which she tells the story of human evolution from a feminist point of view

4. Yoga pants - Wikipedia

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   Many members of this yoga class are wearing yoga pants; others wear shorts or tracksuit bottoms. Yoga pants have migrated from the yoga studio to the high street; from the early 2010s, they have increasingly been used as everyday casual wear. [14] [15] Some women wear them around the house, as maternity wear, and for dancing. [16]

5. Sportswear (fashion) - Wikipedia

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   Sportswear originally described activewear: clothing made specifically for sport. Part of the evolution of sportswear was triggered by 19th-century developments in female activewear, such as early bathing or cycling costumes, which demanded shorter skirts, bloomers, and other specific garments to enable mobility, whilst sports such as tennis or croquet could be played in barely-modified ...

6. Trousers - Wikipedia

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   The Catholic Pope Nicholas I approved of both men and women wearing pants. In 866, he wrote in response to the Bulgar Kahn St Boris the Baptiser, "For whether you or your women wear or do not wear pants neither impedes your salvation nor leads to any increase of your virtue." He then proceeded to expound the virtue of wearing the "spiritual ...

7. Athleisure - Wikipedia

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   Characterized as "fashionable, dressed-up sweats and exercise clothing," [3] athleisure grew during the mid-2010s, from the popularity of yoga pants that emerged throughout the mid to late 2000s. The athleisure trend entails casual clothing options that give North American women the option to incorporate athletic clothing as part of their ...

8. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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   ] Women went to work in textile factories for a number of reasons. Some women left home to live on their own because of crowding at home; or to save for future marriage portions. The work enabled them to see more of the world, to earn something in anticipation of marriage, and to ease the crowding within the home.

9. Lucy Activewear - Wikipedia

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   Lucy Activewear (sometimes styled as "lucy" rather than "Lucy"), formerly known as Lucy.com, [3] was an American clothing retailer based in Alameda, California. Founded in November 1999 by former Nike executives, [4] it specialized in activewear for women including clothing intended for use during yoga. It designed, manufactured and sold its ...