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June 1931 sports events (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "June 1931" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ...
Newspaper advertisement for women's dresses, Paris Dress Shoppe, Allentown PA, 1930. Summer fashion, 1930. Woman's dress, 1931. A collection of swimwear, Ladies Home Journal, 1932. Dutch actress Cissy van Bennekom and model Eva Waldschmidt, 1932. Workers leaving the factory, Buenos Aires, 1933. Models wearing evening dresses by Jeanne Lanvin, 1933.
June 14, 1931: More than 500 people drown in capsizing of French excursion boat Saint-Philibert in the Loire River. More than 500 people drowned in the capsizing of a French tour boat, the Saint-Philibert, when it was toppled in a gale while returning to Nantes from the Île de Noirmoutier. On departure from Nantes, the boat was carrying 467 ...
The "Pantsuit Rebellion of 1993" urged a new era in Washington, when Barbara Mikulski staged a protest to allow women working on the Senate floor to wear pants. RELATED: Show your support for ...
The Macarte Sisters wearing tights under their leotard-based costumes in 1910. The history of pantyhose, as for stockings, is tied to that of changes in styles of women's hemlines. Before the 1920s, it was generally expected that women would cover their legs in public, including their ankles; dress and skirt hemlines were generally to the ground.
Tights are most commonly worn with a skirt or dress by women. They are also most commonly worn under trousers or shorts by men. [citation needed] In the world of theatre tights are also common, especially in Renaissance-era costumes, and dance, particularly in ballet. The term "tights" has been used to try to ridicule certain traditional ...
Queen Elizabeth II wears a white lace dress and hat featuring black tulle and feathers to a February garden party in Sydney, Australia. Keystone - Getty Images Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Philip ...
In the 1920s, as hemlines of dresses rose and central heating was not widespread, women began to wear flesh-colored stockings to cover their exposed legs. Those stockings were sheer, first made of silk or rayon (then known as "artificial silk") and after 1940 of nylon .