Word: fashion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...choice enters he will be the strongest candidate in the race Meyer stated, "If Dawson runs he will probably be supported by every member of the club that last year supported Smith. In his capacity as operations director he has served the club in such an effective fashion that I am sure he would command the support of a majority of the club...
...fashion experts tell us that women will have a balloon-shape for formal occasions, and a subtly sexy shape in their afternoon dresses. Men are turning to olive-green for their casual clothes...
Mademoiselle calls it a "shift" in shape, Glamour terms it the "middy-look," Vogue announces the "chemise." By any name, the newest fashion in women's dresses evokes memories of what our mothers wore in the Roaring Twenties...
...tell a woman's exact waist measurements in a chemise dress. But when she walks, it's evident she has a waistline. Similarly the bosom should be "just rounded." Too much of it "can ruin that fine, languid line," the fashion experts say. The attempt is undoubtedly to show that the wearer has a shape underneath her chemise dress, but to do it subtly...
...would normally expect a skirt to be narrower near the waistline and get progressively wider until the hem. Well, not any more. The fashion experts have something in evening gowns that they call the balloon look, or the harem style. The latter name is particularly appropriate; one of these creations would feel right at home with Delacroix's "Algerian Women...