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  2. Parachute pants - Wikipedia

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    Bugle Boy parachute pants are identifiable by having the word "Countdown" on a small tag above the rear pocket's zipper. Teenage boys were the main wearers of parachute pants. They typically cost $25-$30 a pair (US$80-$112 in 2024, accounting inflation). During the height of their popularity, 1984–1985, boys wearing parachute pants were ...

  3. Wide-leg jeans - Wikipedia

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    Wide-leg jeans. In the 1980s, baggy jeans entered mainstream fashion as the Hammer pants and parachute pants worn by rappers to facilitate breakdancing.In the 1990s these jeans became even baggier and were worn by skaters, hardcore punks, [6] ravers [7] and rappers to set themselves apart from the skintight acid wash drainpipe jeans worn by metalheads. [8]

  4. Hammer pants - Wikipedia

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    Hammer pants are modified baggy pants, tapered at the ankle with a sagging rise, made suitable for hip hop dancing. [1] They were popularized in the 1980s and 1990s by American rapper MC Hammer . [ 2 ]

  5. Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes

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    Instead, the label should show the range of body dimensions from half the step size below to half the step size above the design size (e.g., "height: 172–180 cm."). For heights, for example, the standard recommends generally to use the following design dimensions, with a step size of 8 cm:

  6. Franz Reichelt - Wikipedia

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    Franz Reichelt (16 October 1878 – 4 February 1912), also known as Frantz Reichelt [1] or François Reichelt, was an Austro-Hungarian-born [2] French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design.

  7. Tiny Broadwick - Wikipedia

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    Broadwick ready to drop from a Martin T airplane piloted by Glenn Martin.. Georgia Ann "Tiny" Thompson Broadwick (April 8, 1893 in Oxford, North Carolina – August 25, 1978 in Long Beach, California), [1] [2] or Georgia Broadwick, previously known as Georgia Jacobs, and later known as Georgia Brown, was an American pioneering parachutist and the inventor of the ripcord. [3]

  8. Parachute - Wikipedia

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    A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or aerodynamic lift. A major application is to support people, for recreation or as a safety device for aviators, who can exit from an aircraft at height and descend safely to earth. A parachute is usually made of a light, strong fabric.

  9. Petite size - Wikipedia

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    In fashion and clothing, a petite size is a standard clothing size designed specifically for women 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) and under. [1] [2] [3] This categorization is not solely based on a woman's height, but also takes into account the proportions of her body. Petite sizes cater to body shapes that typically have shorter limb lengths, narrower ...