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  • And a body disturbingly contoured in a snug jacket and a pair of hip-hugging trousers.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • Mr. Guccione, who often wore hip-hugging leather pants and shirts unbuttoned to his navel - exposing his chest hair and gold chains - estimated Penthouse earned $4 billion during his 30-year tenure as publisher.

    Bob Guccione, 79, founder of Penthouse magazine T. Rees Shapiro 2010

  • And a body disturbingly contoured in a snug jacket and a pair of hip-hugging trousers.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • He wears "High-top boots expensively clicker'd with gold taps, a pair of hip-hugging jodhpur-style pants in a faded mauve tone, an amount of gold chains, a heavy mink coat to keep out the worst of the hardwind's assaults and a goatskin beanie hat set pavee-style at the crown of his head."

    City of Bohane by Kevin Barry – review 2011

  • She's pulled a complete one-eighty from a few minutes ago — low-cut black and white cotton top, hip-hugging black denim, hair back, two melting icicles for eyes.

    Monkeytown excerpt 5 Chris Vola 2011

  • And they mark a big shift away from the dangerously low, hip-hugging, low-rise pant styles that have been popular in recent years.

    In Stores Now: High-Waisted Pants, the Sequel Ray A. Smith 2010

  • And a body disturbingly contoured in a snug jacket and a pair of hip-hugging trousers.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • Danielle turned her back to attend to one of the pizza ovens, showing her tight buns in hip-hugging workout shorts to Amy.

    Steven Crandell: A Is for Amy & Adonis: Chapter T 2010

  • I'm not suggesting that it's time to codify work apparel, but rather point out that, yes, attractive women who wear clothes well - be they hip-hugging pencil skirts or wide-legged trousers - are perceived differently.

    Cristen Conger: Just How Good Is Too Good Looking in the Workplace? 2010

  • Danielle turned her back to attend to one of the pizza ovens, showing her tight buns in hip-hugging workout shorts to Amy.

    Steven Crandell: A Is for Amy & Adonis: Chapter T 2010

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