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...Or, this season, knit in, as the whole collection was made almost entirely in ribbed yarn, with the occasional very oversized tailored jacket, but pretty much no bottoms (just patterned tights, a sequin bloomer...
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...At the end, the book talks about how Amelia Bloomer (the 19th century activist who invented bloomers) shocked everyone by not wearing skirts, but after a while the public forgot about her and went back to...
...At the forefront was Amelia Bloomer, editor of The Lily, a newspaper founded in 1849 that promoteddress reform in the US....
...like one thing (duchesse satin) but is another (silk/nylon mix), all be read in trapeze-yoked jackets and Bermuda shorts that look as if they had been hacked off with a pair of shears; halter dresses and bloomers...
...designer Christina Ortiz, now in her second season, appears to be trying to craft a new identity for the house that Hollywood wedges built, but how the super-wide-legged trousers, asymmetric tops with bloomers...
...The giant polka dots evolved into equally giant grommets on rough linen jackets, worn inexplicably with weird, saggy-sided limp cotton shorts, and then on into a series of bloomers, matched with military-tough...
...Of course, any such departure from the familiar is bound to produce some missteps, and taffeta bloomers and bright gold lamé brocade were cringe-worthy ideas....
...This season, however, much of their trademark visual punning seemed to be missing, leaving instead red taffeta trench dresses, tuxedo bloomers (bloomers are never funny) and some army green evening looks...
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