At the time, most women's pants were high-waisted, with pleats to give the belly a bit of swelling room.
The belly tube and high-waisted sequined pants weren't really working for me either.
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Her black pants were high-waisted and bell-bottomed with men's suspenders and she wore a white shirt with a colorful man's tie along with bright red pumps.
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The company's catalog proclaims: "Tame your tummy and create an hourglass silhouette with Super Higher Power, our new comfortable yet powerful high-waisted hosiery shaper.... Now, you've got the power!"
For men the fashion was for high-waisted, tailored jackets, which meant that the area below the waist was more on show for the first time in more than 100 years.
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Updated trends like exaggerated shoulders, layering turtlenecks under dresses or suits and Katharine Hepburn-inspired trousers, which have a wide leg and are tailored and high-waisted, added freshness to the tailored look.
You're as likely to see someone rocking the heavy raw denim popular among '60s bikers and rebellious youth, an '80s-inspired high-waisted, flower print, or the acid-washed, ripped-up grunge look of the '90s.
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"The pencil skirt has the perfect shape to highlight a print because it's a really clean surface, " said designer Joseph Altuzarra of the high-waisted, nipped-in style to which he returns season after season.
It won't take much work to "convert" Ralph Lauren 's antique grey flannel three-piece suit, Oscar de la Renta's black double-faced wool dress or Tommy Hilfiger's high-waisted silk pants paired with a draped sweater into office attire.
There are old-fashioned Chinese medicine herbalists, traditional foodstuff vendors selling seaweed and glazed crickets by the handful, and more than a few shops hawking aka-pantsu -- bright red, high-waisted underwear believed to ward off evil and bring the wearer strength and vitality.
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