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 Sheepskin is perfect for all seasons. It keeps you warm in winter, Mid-Length Shearling
Collar
and let's your skin breath in summer, therefore EMU shoes are Leather Trench Coat
padded with it. Used in coats has similar properties.
Modern Wool Gray Coat with Asymmetrical
Front Zipper and Large Cowl Neck Collar

In the cathegory of quality coats,

it's also lined and fully padded.
It's made of nylon and polyester (lining)

"Oversize" cut and trendy collar

deserve a special attention.

If you aren't a tall model or anorexic thin actress,

"fish" dress won't look good on you.

Dresses in the fish cut look good on

slender and tall women. They
accentuate bosom and hips. You may
look like a fish or like a whale in them...

I must say, however, that the colour is

fabulous. I'm beginning to love this shade
of violet. Mysterious violet and dirty plum
are nice variaties among gloomy winter colours
Sweatshirts
Finding the perfect plain, heathergray sweatshirt was never
hard postAmerican Apparel. Bulk-buycrew neck and hoodie styles
(whether slouchy or shrunken) so you're prepared for any styling quandary.

Bodysuits

When the '90s started inspiring today's street style stars, bodysuits came back I
n a big way. A.A.'sselection is pretty much the best, so it pay
s to get one in every neutral hue you'll need

Skater Skirts

The time when your spring-and-summer closet couldn't exist without a round s
kater skirt has come to an end, but as we know, trends have a r
eliable way of coming back around.It wouldn't hurt to have one on deck.
Basic Tees and Tanks
Upgrading the basic tee from a plastic-wrapped three-pack
was another of the brand'sthings.Stock up on your favorites at
an affordable price before they fly off the shelves.
Fisherman Sweaters

While the brand made waves with sexy ads,
most merch was the kind of stuff you'd pray to find tucked away in a musty
closet at your grandparents' house. Hoard these sweaters and you won't have to godigging again

Athletic Socks

Part of the store's glory was stocking basics that were
tricky to find in the most un-basic of ways (reference:
sportyvarsity socks). Buy now, becauseYOLO.
 do you no that
* The word jeans comes from the cotton pants worn by Genes, the local
term for Genoan sailors.
The average American owns 7 pairs of blue jeans.
The four major fashion capitals of the world are New York, London, Milan, and
Paris. Each city holds fashion shows twice, in February and September.
It was not acceptable for women to wear shorts in public until World War 2.
The first fashion magazine was published in Germany in 1586.

American households spend about 3.8% of their

income on clothing, which equates to about
$1,700 per person. By comparison, Americans spent
11% of their income on clothes in 1950.
The price of clothing has decreased by 8.5% since 1992,
even when adjusted for inflation.
Over a lifetime, an American woman will spend
$125,000 on clothes. 3,000 items271 pairs of shoes,
185 dresses, and 145 bags.
The five most common clothing materials are
linen, cotton, polyester, and rayon.
Cotton is the most widely used clothing material,
but it only became common in mid-1800s, when
Eli Whitneys cotton in made it easy to
separate the cotton fibers from the seeds.
Evidence for the first clothes dates somewhere
between 100,000 to 500,000 years ago.
Simple needles made out of animal bone
first appeared about 30,000 years ago.
10-25% of Western women dont wear a bra, and 75-85%
of women who do wear an incorrect size.
Mens shirts button on the right, and womens on the left.
 What Americans consider tuxedos are called
dinner jackets in Great Britain, as the word tuxedo itself
refers to the white version of the suit jacket in British English.
Dresses and skirts are commonly seen as womens
clothing in the West, but in other parts of the world, men wear them as frequently as women do.
More than 2 billion t-shirts are sold each year.
A persons social rank and profession in the Medieval Ages was
represented by the color of their clothing. The nobility wore red, peasants
wore brown and gray, and merchants, bankers, and gentry wore green.
In Rome, purple clothing was exclusively reserved for emperors and magistrates.
The earliest known shoes are sandals that date back to approximately
7,000 B.C. However, bone analysis of early humans suggest
humans began wearing shoes as early as 40,000 years ago.
In Arab culture, shoes are considered dirty because
they touch the ground and cover the lowest part of the body,
the foot. It is considered offensive to show ones shoe sole,
and throwing your shoe at someone is an extremely grave insult.
Standard womens clothes are designed to fit women between 54 and 58 tall.
One silk cocoon produces an average of 600 to 900
meters of silk filaments, but it takes four to eight pieces to make
one strand of silk thread. In all, it takes about 30,000
silkworms to produce 12 pounds of raw silk.
Eyeliner became popular after its discovery in King
Tutankhamuns tomb in the 1920s.
It was once taboo to wear black unless one was in mourning.
Victorian widows were expected to wear black mourning clothes
for two years after their husbands deaths.
Until around the beginning of the 20th century,
Chinese culture regarded small feet as beautiful, and
it was a common practice to bind womens feet from
an early age to keep their feet small. This practice was limited
to the wealthy, however, as the feet of women who underwent this procedure
were so deformed that they had difficulty walking.
The fashion industry generates an average revenue of $20 billion each year.
A Sneakerhead is someone who collects shoes.

Chinese lotus shoes

 * Nowadays, kimonos are worn only in very formal occasions in
Japan except by sumo wrestlers, who are required to wear traditional
Japanese clothes when in public.
*For all the hoopla made about Fashion Week,
the average fashion show is only about 10 minutes long.
*Vintage clothing refers to clothing made between 20
and 100 years ago, and retro refers to recently made clothing that is
designed to resemble the style of another period.
*It became more socially acceptable for women to wear shorts during
World War 2, which introduced fabric rationing and forced
women to take on more masculine jobs.

* The skirt is the second oldest piece

of clothing, outdated only by the loincloth.