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2. Plus-size clothing - Wikipedia

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   Mary Duffy's Big Beauties was the first model agency to work with hundreds of new plus-size clothing lines and advertisers. For two decades, this plus-size category produced the largest per annum percentage increases in ready-to-wear retailing. Max Mara started Marina Rinaldi, one of the first high-end clothing lines, for plus-size women in ...

3. Petite size - Wikipedia

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   Petite sizing originated in the 1940s when US fashion designer Hannah Troy noticed that many women did not fit into standard size clothing. She studied the measurements of women who had completed military service during World War II and found that only 8% fit the proportions of standard sizing, with most women being 'short in the waist'.

4. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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   Junior petite For very short women with average busts and fairly straight bodies. Size may be denoted as "5JP" or as "5P". Women's petite For larger, shorter women, sometimes with lower bust lines. Sizes are marked the same as women's with a P, as in 20P. Young junior For short women with high busts and fairly straight bodies. Tall sizes

5. Blouse - Wikipedia

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   A modern striped bow tie neck blouse and a navy blue mini skirt. A camisole being used as a blouse.. A blouse (/ b l aʊ z, b l aʊ s, b l uː z /) [1] [2] is a loose-fitting upper garment that may be worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.

6. List of historical sources for pink and blue as gender signifiers

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   At Haarlem, on such occasions, it is usual to place a garland ornamented with lace—more or less expensive according to the means of the resident—on the door of the house in which a birth takes place. Pink is the usual colour for a girl, and blue for a boy. It is I stated that the custom originated in 1572, when the town ... [33] 1884: Russia