Word: rigeur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...form of an antique vestement has been accumulating momentum for several years and may soon be de rigeur. This is the weskit, a gaily decorated reincarnation of the banker's vest. The most popular of these is the tattersal (alternately colored narrow, criss-cross lines). Solid colors are definitely in dis-favor...
...tentlike sweaters go, the dressmaker sweaters make their appearance. Sweaters have little scalloped collars, odd sleeves, and fancy embroidery. Since they are now de rigeur for evening wear, some of the most luxurious cashmeres come embroidered with pearls and bugle beads, or trimmed with mink at the neck and cuffs. The classic cashmere, often of purest white, is worn with a jumbled treasure-house of beads, necklaces, and pearls again, or with a fantastic pseudo-Renaissance choker or a vast bib of phoney gems...
...tentlike sweaters go, the dressmaker sweaters make their appearance. Sweaters have little scalloped collars, odd sloeves, and fancy embroidery. Since they are now do rigeur for evening wear, some of the most luxurious cashmeres come embroidered with pearls and bugle beads, or trimmed with mind at the neck and cuffs. The classic cashmere, often of purest white, is worn with a jumbled treasure-house of beads, necklaces, and pearls again, or with a fantastic pseudo-Renaissance choker or a vast bib of phoney gems...