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Indeed, high-waist styles, like the Sloane tailored pants ($90) from Abercrombie & Fitch, are my short-gal go-tos when it comes to looking more leggy. 3. Pay Attention to Proportions
In 1996, women's bell-bottoms were reintroduced to the mainstream public, under the name "boot-cut" (or "bootleg" [10]) trousers as the flare was slimmer. [11] By 1999, flare jeans had come into vogue among women, [12] which had a wider, more exaggerated flare than boot-cuts. The boot-cut style ended up dominating the fashion world for 10 years.
A skirt with regular pleats ('plaits') or folds, which can be stitched flat to hip-level or free-hanging. Slit skirt/Split skirt: A skirt that has one or more slits (or splits). Pencil skirt or straight skirt: A tailored skirt hanging straight from the hips and fitted from the waist to the hips by means of darts or a yoke.
Young women in the UK and America wore tailored skirt and trouser suits, short skirts and dresses, baby doll dresses, skater dresses, animal prints, hot pants, [34] slim pants, low waisted bell bottoms, wide leg jeans and pants, long and short skirts, and high heels. [35]
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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'.