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Loose Socks
Slouch socks, slouchy socks, loose socks or fall down socks are a type of sock featuring a heavy non-elastic upper that may be pushed down into heavy folds around the ankles or pulled up to the knee. In Japan, the loose sock style has been popular with high-school girls. In the US, slouch socks have trended in and out of fashion since the 1980s. Description Slouch socks are a type of sock featuring a heavy non-elastic upper that may be pushed down into heavy folds around the ankles or pulled up to the knee. Slouch socks tend to have a foot that is made of very thin fabric to encourage the layering of the socks. Slouch socks come in two primary varieties. " Flat-knit" slouch socks have no elastic and have a "two-by-two" knitting pattern. The "flat-knit" term comes from the fact that the ribbing of the socks has a squared-off appearance. " Rib-knit" slouch socks are so-named because of their rounded ribbing. History Japan are a style of baggy sock worn by Japanese high s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slouch Socks
Slouch socks, slouchy socks, loose socks or fall down socks are a type of sock featuring a heavy non-Elastic (notion), elastic upper that may be pushed down into heavy folds around the ankles or pulled up to the knee. In Japan, the loose sock style has been popular with high-school girls. In the US, slouch socks have trended in and out of fashion since the 1980s. Description Slouch socks are a type of sock featuring a heavy non-Elastic (notion), elastic upper that may be pushed down into heavy folds around the ankles or pulled up to the knee. Slouch socks tend to have a foot that is made of very thin fabric to encourage the Layering (clothing), layering of the socks. Slouch socks come in two primary varieties. "Flat knitting, Flat-knit" slouch socks have no elastic and have a "two-by-two" knitting pattern. The "flat-knit" term comes from the fact that the ribbing of the socks has a squared-off appearance. "Rib knit, Rib-knit" slouch socks are so-named because of their rounded Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Gomi
is a Japanese photographer whose work focuses on beauty across racial lines. His work is in the style of Laurie Toby Edison. Education Gomi graduated Nihon University, Dept. of Photography in 1976. He studied with Laurence Sackman and Michel Benton and then returned to Japan in 1983. Photography career Gomi established a company in 1993 called Digitalogue which produces multimedia photography works. At that time, he began to publish a series of books on photos of women of different races, with an emphasis on anatomical differences, in the style of William Herbert Sheldon's Ivy League nude posture photos. In 1998, his work focused on the subject of loose socks Slouch socks, slouchy socks, loose socks or fall down socks are a type of sock featuring a heavy non-elastic upper that may be pushed down into heavy folds around the ankles or pulled up to the knee. In Japan, the loose sock style has been popula .... Publications * Nude of J. (with Toni Meneguzzo) (1991) * Americans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tights
Tights are a kind of cloth garment, most often sheathing the body from the waist to the toe tips with a tight fit, hence the name. They come in absolute opaque, opaque, sheer and fishnet styles — or a combination, such as the original concept of the American term pantyhose with sheer legs and opaque panty. A variant, toe tights, are tights with individual toes, in the same way toe socks are socks with individual toes. Terminology and related clothing When made of fine silk, this hosiery was considered to be a stocking. When nylon fibres were developed and introduced in the 1940s, these stockings were referred to as nylons. When the separate legs were woven together with a panty that covered the lower torso up to the waist in a single, integrated format, the term pantyhose was coined, since it was a one piece construction of a panty with a pair of separate hose, one for each leg. This joining together eliminated any need for garters for holding up each separate leg cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dress Shorts
Bermuda shorts, also known as walk shorts or dress shorts, are a particular type of short trousers, worn as semi-casual attire by both men and women. The hem, which can be cuffed or un-cuffed, is around above the knee. They are so-named because of their popularity in Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory, where they are considered appropriate business attire for men when made of suit-like material and worn with knee-length socks, a dress shirt, tie, and blazer. True Bermuda shorts are not to be confused with "capri pants" extending below the knee. Cargo shorts may be a similar length but are typically baggy or less "tailored" than Bermuda shorts and more typical of West Coast American fashion. History The invention of Bermuda shorts is attributed to native Bermudian and tea shop owner Nathaniel Coxon, who in 1914 hemmed the uniform pants of his employees allowing for more comfort in summer heat. The British Army, stationed in Bermuda during World War I, adopted the shorts fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skater Dress
The rah-rah (or ra-ra) skirt is a short flounced, layered skirt that originated in cheerleading and became a popular fashion trend among teenage girls in the early 1980s. It marked, as the ''Oxford Dictionary'' noted, the first successful attempt to revive the miniskirt that had been introduced in the mid-1960s. Gifi Fields claimed that he co-created the rah-rah skirt with designer Angela Stone, but there are also claims that the skirt was created by Norma Kamali. Later in the 1980s, it was often worn with leather, denim or lace. In the 1990s, the miniskirt regained popularity on its own, largely eschewing the frills of the rah-rah. The latter made a comeback in Britain in 2008, with a headline in ''London Lite'' proclaiming: "Eighties look is all the ra-rave." Examples of the rah-rah could be seen on the covers of music albums such as '' Since Yesterday'' by Strawberry Switchblade (1984). Etymology ''Rah-rah'' is a reduplication of an abbreviation for "hurrah", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babydoll Dress
A babydoll is a short, sleeveless, loose-fitting nightgown or negligee, intended as nightwear for women. It sometimes has formed cups called a bralette for cleavage with an attached, loose-fitting skirt falling in length usually between the belly button and upper thigh. The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, appliques, marabou, bows, and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps. Sometimes it is made of sheer or translucent fabric such as nylon or chiffon or silk. History The creation of the super-short nightgown is attributed to the American lingerie designer Sylvia Pedlar, who produced them in 1942 in response to fabric shortages during World War II. Although her designs became known as "babydolls", Pedlar disliked the name and did not use it. In 1957 and 1958, the Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga introduced his renditions of the babydoll. Balenciaga chose the silhouette as it already often featured an obscured waist; the exaggeration of this feature p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keds
Keds is an American brand known for its canvas shoes with rubber soles. Founded in 1916 by U.S. Rubber, its original shoe design was the first mass-marketed canvas-top sneaker. The brand was sold to Stride Rite in 1979, which was acquired by Wolverine World Wide in 2012. Since February 2023, Keds has been owned and operated by Designer Brands. History Early history In 1916, U.S. Rubber consolidated 30 different shoe brand names to create one company. Initially, the name "Peds" was chosen for the brand from the Latin word for feet, but it was already trademarked. Keds's original shoe design, the Champion, was the first mass-marketed canvas-top shoe. They became known as "sneakers" as the soft rubber soles allowed "sneaking around silently". By the early 1920s, the shoes were worn by Olympic soccer players, national and international tennis champions, and college athletes. In 1926, the Keds Triumph shoe was introduced. Keds released "Kedettes", a line of washable high-heele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweatpants
Sweatpants are a casual variety of soft trousers intended for comfort or athletic purposes, although they are now worn in many different situations. In the United Kingdom, they are called joggers. In Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa they are known as tracksuit bottoms or trackies. In Australia and New Zealand, they are also commonly known as trackpants, tracky daks. They are also referred to as jogging pants in Canada. History The first pair of sweatpants was introduced in the 1920s by Émile Camuset, the founder of Le Coq Sportif. These were simple knitted gray jersey pants that allowed athletes to stretch and run comfortably. Sweatpants became commonplace at the Olympic Games by the late 1930s, and were seen on many athletes in the decades that followed. Adidas introduced the tracksuit that combined the sweatpants with a track top in 1964, which helped popularize athletic fashion. The rise of fitness culture, as well as the birth of hip hop in 1980s America, led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweatshirt
A sweatshirt is a long-sleeved pullover shirt or jacket fashioned out of thick, usually cotton, cloth material. Sweatshirts are almost exclusively casual attire and hence not as formal as some sweaters. Sweatshirts may or may not have a hood. A sweatshirt with a hood is now usually referred to as a hoodie, although more formal media may still use the term "hooded sweatshirt". History In 1920, Benjamin Russell Jr., a quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide Football team, was tired of the constant chafing and itching caused by their wool football uniforms. He worked with his father, whose company Russell Manufacturing Company made women's and children's knit garments, to come up with a better option. They created a thick cotton practice jersey that was a modification of a ladies' union suit top. These loose, collarless pullovers were the first sweatshirts. A new division of the company, focusing solely on the production of sweatshirts, became the Russell Athletic Company. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-shirt
A T-shirt (also spelled tee shirt, or tee for short) is a style of fabric shirt named after the T shape of its body and sleeves. Traditionally, it has short sleeves and a round neckline, known as a '' crew neck'', which lacks a collar. T-shirts are generally made of stretchy, light, and inexpensive fabric and are easy to clean. The T-shirt evolved from undergarments used in the 19th century and, in the mid-20th century, transitioned from undergarments to general-use casual clothing. T-shirts are typically made of cotton textile in a stockinette or jersey knit, which has a distinctively pliable texture compared to shirts made of woven cloth. Some modern versions have a body made from a continuously knitted tube, produced on a circular knitting machine, such that the torso has no side seams. The manufacture of T-shirts has become highly automated and may include cutting fabric with a laser or a water jet. T-shirts are inexpensive to produce and are often part of fast fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sneakers
Sneakers (American English, US) or trainers (British English, UK), also known by a #Names, wide variety of other names, are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise, but are also widely used for everyday casual wear. They were popularized by companies such as Converse (shoe company), Converse, Nike, Inc., Nike and Spalding (company), Spalding in the mid 20th century. Like other parts of the global clothing industry, shoe manufacturing is heavily concentrated in Asia with nine in ten shoes produced there. Names Sneakers have gone by a variety of names, depending on geography and changing over the decades. The broader category inclusive of sneakers is athletic shoes. The term 'athletic shoes' is typically used for shoes utilized for jogging or road running and indoor sports such as basketball, but tends to exclude shoes for sports played on grass such as association football and rugby football, which are generally known in North America as "Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leggings
Leggings are several types of leg attire that have varied through the years. Modern usage from the 1960s onwards has come to refer to elastic close-fitting High-rise (fashion), high-rise garments worn over the legs typically by women, such as leg warmers or tights. Usage from the 18th century refers to men's wear usually made of cloth or leather that is wrapped around the leg down to the ankle. In the 19th century, leggings usually referred to infants' leg clothing that were matched with a jacket, as well as leg-wrappings made of leather or wool and worn by soldiers and Trapping, trappers. Leggings prominently returned to women's fashion in the 1960s, drawing from the form-fitting clothing of dancers. With the widespread adoption of the synthetic fibre Lycra and the rise in popularity of aerobics, leggings came to further prominence in the 1970s and 1980s, and eventually made their way into streetwear. Leggings are a part of the late 2010s into the 2020s athleisure fashion trend of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
