Word: skirted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...against the moving horde. Others, already defeated, just watched the tide, making mental notes. But there was nothing to be done about it. Every morning, in every city in the U.S., the bosses watched glumly as the last stenographer disappeared down the hall with a departing flirt of her skirt, purse clutched firmly in one hand, cigarettes and matches in the other...
...gown with "conversation piece" gloves trailing sweeping panels of white satin lined in champagne tulle. Raphael forsook needle & thread for the saw & hammer, peeled off wafer-thin slices of plywood and riveted them-with diamonds, naturally-to the cape of his suit. Castillo of Lanvin's rose-red skirt, fanning out in a graceful arc "like the petals of a full-blown rose," used 33 yards of taffeta to achieve that effect...
...favorite sheepskin jackets, trimmed with fluffy white wool and decorated with black and red sprays of brilliantly embroidered flowers, plus a felt coat and a pillow cover, fetched ?32. Other clothing, including a pair of shoes, three net scarves with lace borders, a child's white skirt and bodice and a lace shawl, brought the total sale...
...wealthy, who could afford to wait until the last minute, were packing up to get out. In front of upper-class Korean houses and stores, merchants in beaver-collared coats supervised the loading of their more valued belongings. A beautiful girl in a rich velvet skirt and cloak glided gracefully into a waiting auto...
...suggest that there is nothing so cheerless to the male body of spectators than male cheerleaders going through their lethargic routine. These young men may be doing their best, but there is nothing so inspiring as a young lady enclosed in tight sweater and short skirt, leaping high into the air with the end of a cheer on her lips--and the eyes of the spectators following her every motion...