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Combined with nylon (a Du Pont invention from 1939), Spandex allowed the production of tights with no garter or stocking belt, which in turn meant designers like Mary Quant could take the hemline of the skirt way up.
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She opened the coat, got back down on her knees, and with one hand yanked the skirt of the coat up behind her, folded over on itself, so that it was out of the way.
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His wife, with a gray pencil skirt and her hair neatly swept up, beamed by his side.
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Before the dance, when I was all dolled up in my silk skirt, and I pushed my hands along them and put my cheek against the dark cotton, just for a second.
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The jeeps travel on rudimentary dirt tracks (built to access Tahiti's network of hydroelectric stations) and skirt sheer drops overlooking vast river valleys while going up hills so steep you feel like gravity is no longer on your side.
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Instead, use these colors with a skinny belt, by pairing a bold top with a muted pencil skirt or a colored jean with a white button-up.
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To clear up my confusion, he pointed out a professional woman, in a skirt and blouse, walking alongside two businessmen in nice suits.
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Donning red lipstick, a flight attendant's skirt and high heels, the maverick businessman served drinks, made intercom announcements and chatted up passengers on an AirAsia X flight from Perth, Australia, to Kuala Lumpur.
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Some banks skirt the on-campus marketing restrictions by pitching checking accounts instead, in hopes of signing students up for cards later.
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As we turn up the road through the village that clings to the hem of Tikse's sprawling skirt, we hear the-plaintive, summoning blasts on the traditional (yes, in the Himalayas) conch-shell horn.
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Now Goldman intends to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) so its high-net-worth clients can skirt IPO laws and get their money in before Facebook goes public.
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