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Word: backless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also couldn't see much. Which was good, because my mom wore a backless dress. Every other bride wears bows and bustles and basically a 3-to-1 ratio of fabric-to-woman, but my mom was bent on destroying my theory that this was one of those nursing home-companion marriages. I realized after seeing all that exposed flesh that there was no way Pamela Anderson's kids would grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Mother, the Bride | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...friends to the stench? Smelly feet aren't a total loss. Andrew D. Hackbarth `99 attributes the name of his party-prone room in Kirkland House, The Swamp, to his roommate's notorious foot odor problem. But usually, the revealing skin of open toe cleavage, spaghetti strap fronts and backless heels loses all appeal when accompanied by a whiff of that pungent foot smell, caused by a combination of rotting skin and bacteria and sweat-sock fungus...

Author: By V.c. Hallett, | Title: Those Stinky, Nasty Feet | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...friends to the stench? Smelly feet aren't a total loss. Andrew D. Hackbarth '99 attributes the name of his party-prone room in Kirkland House, The Swamp, to his roommate's notorious foot odor problem. But usually, the revealing skin of open toe cleavage, spaghetti strap fronts and backless heels loses all appeal when accompanied by a whiff of that pungent foot smell caused by a combination of rotting skin and bacteria and sweat-sock fungus...

Author: By V. C. hallett, | Title: those stinky, nasty feet | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...tomato and crab Napoleon breakfast with HILLARY CLINTON, Washington Post doyenne KATHARINE GRAHAM and about 120 others. "This is one of the nicest British invasions of the White House," said Mrs. Clinton, before departing early. After lunch with George Stephanopoulos, among others, Diana slipped into an ivory lace, beaded backless number--like ELIZABETH DOLE's frock, but with more va-va-va-voom--for the ball. She also danced with OSCAR DE LA RENTA and Calvin Klein. "They decided only married men could dance with the princess, and they had to be taller than she," said designer Bill Blass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 7, 1996 | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...YEARS, GUCCI HAD BEEN descending from Riviera swank to Jersey gaud. Its overlicensed double-G appeared on everything from coffee mugs to ashtrays. Fake versions of its handbags were sold on urban street corners everywhere. Then, suddenly, it found a shoe that fit: a sexy, backless clodhopper that became the must-have of devotees of high style in 1993. Gucci went on a winning streak. By March 1995 its designer, Tom Ford, was electrifying the fashion world with a revival of '60s rebellion. Soon celebrities like Madonna were in head-to-toe Gucci. At the company's London boutique this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTCORP: ALL THAT GLITTERS... | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

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