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BOARDOM
boardom What’s your favourite fashion item?
nice pair of heels
statement necklace
handbag
Jess Russel
Jodie Shappard
25, Marketing Manager
21, Client Administrator
‘nice pair of heels’
‘statement necklace’
‘handbag’
20, Administrator
superman underwear
sunglasses
handbag
Nina Weston
Hayley Forsey
Karin Holden 25, Administrator
40, Compliance Administration
‘handbag’
‘sunglasses’
‘superman underwear’
45, Administrator
Zoe Phelps
boardomfacts >The word ‘jeans’ comes from the cotton pants worn by “Genes,” the local term for Genoan sailors. >The average American owns 7 pairs of jeans. > Both men and women wore togas in Rome, but after the 2nd century BC, respectable women wore stolas. Prostitutes were required to wear a toga. > First fashion magazine published in Germany in 1586. > The price of clothing has decreased by 8.5% since 1992, even when adjusted for inflation.
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> The bikini was named after the island Bikini Atoll, where the US military was testing its bombs in World War 2. It was so named because its creator, Louis Réard, belived the revealing suit would create a shock like that of the atomic bomb. > Women’s nominal clothing sizes have increased in physical size over the years in a phenomenon known as “vanity sizing.” A size 8 dress with a 32-inch bust in 1967 is now considered a size 0 today. > Men’s shirts button on the right, and women’s on the left.
> Children dressed identically to adults until the mid-1800s, when the concept of children’s clothing took off. > More than 2 billion t-shirts are sold each year. > 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 one’s shoe sole, and throwing your shoe at someone is an extremely grave insult. > Standard women’s clothes are designed to fit women between 5’4 and 5’8 tall.
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