Word: peplum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some C.I.O. couturiers were already making advance showings. The oil workers, first to display last year's trend, were out with the 25?-an-hour pattern. The rubber workers liked the design, but added a penny's worth of peplum and made it 26?. The autoworkers were busy with several patterns, ranging from 20? to 35?, but they were all based on the same theme: wage increases must follow the increase in living costs. The C.I.O. thinks that by Dec. 1 living costs will have risen about 25% over last year...