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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. 1945–1960 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   A succession of style trends led by Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga defined the changing silhouette of women's clothes through the 1950s. Television joined fashion magazines and movies in disseminating clothing styles. [3] [4] The new silhouette had narrow shoulders, a cinched waist, bust emphasis, and longer skirts, often with wider ...

4. Cardigan (sweater) - Wikipedia

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   Monochromatic cardigans, in sleeved or vest form, may be viewed as a conservative fashion staple. As an item of formal clothing for any gender, it is worn over a button-down dress shirt. A less formal style is wearing a T-shirt underneath. Varsity letters for college and high school sports teams have been applied to cardigans and letterman jackets.

5. Waist cincher - Wikipedia

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   In his autobiography, Dior wrote: "I designed clothes for flower-like women, with rounded shoulders, full feminine busts, and hand-span waists above enormous spreading skirts". [ 4 ] The hand-span waists so beloved by Dior were achieved by foundation garments, of which the most popular was the waist cincher.