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  2. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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    Size inconsistency has existed since at least 1937. In Sears' 1937 catalog, a size 14 dress had a bust size of 32 inches (81 cm). In 1967, the same bust size was a size 8. In 2011, it was a size 0. [7] Some argue that vanity sizing is designed to satisfy wearers' wishes to appear thin and feel better about themselves.

  3. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    The B fitting adds 12 cm and the T height modifier 4 cm to the base hip measurement 89 + 16 = 105 cm. [14] Additionally there are a set of age based waist adjustments, such that a dress marketed at someone in their 60s may allow for a waist 9 cm larger than a dress, of the same size, marketed at someone in their 20s. The age based adjustments ...

  4. Vanity (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    Vanity, Inc. Vanity, also known as Vanity Shops, was an American specialty chain of fashion retailers that sold apparel and accessories targeted to fashion-conscious young females, online and in stores. The company was headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. The fashion retailer's clothing items ranged in size from zero to 17 with pants inseam ...

  5. Exquisite Form - Wikipedia

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    Exquisite Form. Exquisite Form is an American clothing brand for women's intimates, particularly bras and shapewear for full-figured women. The brand is owned by Vanity Fair Brands, a division of Fruit of the Loom. The brand began in 1945 with the founding of Exquisite Form Industries Inc. in New York City. Its principal products at the time ...

  6. Semi-formal wear - Wikipedia

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    Semi-formal wear or half dress is a grouping of dress codes indicating the sort of clothes worn to events with a level of formality between informal wear and formal wear.In the modern era, [when?] the typical interpretation for men is black tie for evening wear and black lounge suit for day wear, corresponded by either a pant suit or an evening gown for women.

  7. Category:Dress codes - Wikipedia

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  8. Outward holiness - Wikipedia

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    Outward holiness, or external holiness, is a Wesleyan–Arminian doctrine emphasizing holy living, service, modest dress and sober speech. [1][2] Additionally, outward holiness manifests as "the expression of love through a life characterised by ‘justice, mercy and truth’." [3] It is a testimony of a Christian believer's regeneration, done ...

  9. Matthew Christopher - Wikipedia

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    Christopher was born on March 16, 1976, in Packwood, Iowa, to Kenneth Sobaski, a hog farmer and Sandy Sobaski, a registered nurse. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago for one year before completing his studies at Iowa State University. [3] He moved to New York City in 2000 to pursue a career in the field of couture designing, and started ...