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Next season, the calf-length skirt is making a serious bid for style points.
Paris fashion week: wardrobe updates Jess Cartner-Morley 2010
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High-neckline jackets and calf-length sequined dresses left little visible skin.
In Haute Couture, '50s Glamour Meets the Cancan Christina Passariello 2011
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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This is also a handy way of showing some leg: Stella McCartney's double splits sexed up her calf-length dresses a treat, while YSL's asymmetric gash subverted the nursey primness of a white skirt.
Paris fashion week: wardrobe updates Jess Cartner-Morley 2010
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His throwback wool caps, melton coats and calf-length breeches channel that gentlemanly vibe.
The Gentleman Adventurer Darrell Hartman 2011
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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Long, sweeping dresses with high collars and calf-length coats created a scene in which an interwar intellectual like Virginia Woolf would have felt right at home.
Dress Me, Kate! Modern Modesty Rachel Dodes 2011
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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The calf-length gowns have wide collars but short, puffy sleeves.
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