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2. Belt (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   A garter belt (also called a suspender belt) employs both methods: the belt maintains its position on the body by friction and/or compression at or near the waist and/or by being smaller than the hips, and it maintains stockings' position on the legs by suspension. A sock garter works in the same way as a suspender belt, but for one leg only ...

3. Sansabelt - Wikipedia

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   Sansabelt is a brand of men's trousers. The trousers have a wide webbed elastic band sewn into the waist, which is intended to make a belt or suspenders unnecessary, hence the name sans a belt. The slacks come in a classic fit with roomy legs in a dressy or dress casual fabric.

4. Obi (sash) - Wikipedia

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   An obi is a belt of varying size and shape worn with both traditional Japanese clothing and uniforms for Japanese martial arts styles. Originating as a simple thin belt in Heian period Japan, the obi developed over time into a belt with a number of different varieties, with a number of different sizes and proportions, lengths, and methods of tying.

5. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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   While the nominal inseam is fairly accurate, the nominal waist may be quite a bit smaller than the actual waist, in US sizes. In 2010, Abram Sauer of Esquire measured several pairs of dress pants with a nominal waist size of 36 in (91 cm) at different US retailers and found that actual measurements ranged from 37 to 41 in (94 to 104 cm). [15]

6. Waist cincher - Wikipedia

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   The corset styles that best represent this classic waist cincher fashion are 'Spanish belts' that can also come with elastic in the back, and act very much like the more modern belt-like styles. More classic corset styles from which lighter corsets have adopted their fit and function are still available.

7. Volhynian folk costume - Wikipedia

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   Men wore striped cloth sashes decorated with tassels (homemade from linen or wool, usually 24 cm wide and 2,5 m long), or leather belts with metal buckles; sometimes the belt would have a tobacco poach and a loop to hold a knife. [30] [31] Women's sashes were normally made from fabric or woven, they were narrower than men's. [30] [23]