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A boldly striped bikini with a low-cut top features cute pleats and a high-waisted style that flatters a curvier figure.
Berlin Fashion Week 2011
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The very last thing I expected to experience during the performance was a pang of nostalgia at the sight of gay men dancing in high-waisted pants!
George Heymont: A.C.T. Unveils a New Musical: Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City George Heymont 2011
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Heidi, Michael, Nina, and guest judge Jessica Simpson, best known for sporting unflattering high-waisted mom jeans and not being able to identify canned tuna, take their seats.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale Part Two Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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Photos: Fashion in Art: Medieval France and the Netherlands The Morgan Library & Museum in association with D Giles Limited Delilah wears a trailing, high-waisted houpeland with bulbous sleeves and an open V-shaped collar.
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They are high-waisted and light blue -- relics of a time that predates today's fashion of low-riding silhouettes and expensively manipulated indigo.
Photos of crime victims, such as Chandra Levy, can become numbingly familiar Robin Givhan 2010
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Heidi, Michael, Nina, and guest judge Jessica Simpson, best known for sporting unflattering high-waisted mom jeans and not being able to identify canned tuna, take their seats.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale Part Two Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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After a career of inclusions in magazines 'best-dressed lists, her high-waisted shorts and pulled-up socks appearing next to other celebrities' careful gowns, she began collaborating with the brand Opening Ceremony to design her own collection in 2008.
Chloe Sevigny: the interview Eva Wiseman 2010
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I'm naturally a tomboy, a scruff, so I create clothes that make me feel more ladylike, such as high-waisted trousers or a 20s dress.
How to dress your age Alice Fisher 2010
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Heidi, Michael, Nina, and guest judge Jessica Simpson, best known for sporting unflattering high-waisted mom jeans and not being able to identify canned tuna, take their seats.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale Part Two Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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From a Minnie Mouse sweatshirt to high-waisted jeans and a fedora to a Marc Jacobs demure silk dress, she appears in her clothes as she does in life -- humble and distinct.
Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum: DJ Lindsey Caldwell Talks About Atlanta's Once Rich Underground Music Scene Elisa Goodkind 2010
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