10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELL-BOTTOMED TROUSERS»
Discover the use of
bell-bottomed trousers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bell-bottomed trousers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Bell-bottomed trousers have a short crotch and tight cut at the hip and thigh. From
the knee, the trouser legs are widened and loosened. Originally these trousers
were for sailors, and loosening the trousers legs was to cover rubber boots, ...
2
The Psychopath Will See You Now: Dispatches of a foreign ...
It is widely thought that Mama Kadzamira, as she prefers to be known these days,
has designs on Dr Banda's job when the conqueror dies. On this matter the Life
President has nothing to say 250 Where Bell-bottomed Trousers are Banned.
3
Leisure, Citizenship and Working-class Men in Britain, 1850-1945
Robert Roberts remembered the northern gang member as having 'his own style
of dress - the union shirt, bell-bottomed trousers, the heavy leather belt, pricked
out in fancy designs with the large steel buckle and the thick, iron-shod ...
4
Economics: An Introduction for South African Learners
Instead, let's take the example of bell-bottomed trousers. When these trousers are
in fashion, people will pay high prices to get their hands on a nice pair of bell-
bottoms. On the other hand, when bell-bottomed trousers go out of fashion, the ...
5
The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and ...
An advertisement for Male Slacks pictured a bare-breasted woman in a
headband and bell-bottomed trousers staring distractedly into space and
breaking the rules by throwing one leg carelessly over the arm of the chair in
which she is sitting.
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Square Rigger Days: Autobiographies of Sail
It was of blue serge, with fancy purple lining, a velvet collar, skirted coat, and bell-
bottomed trousers, a rig generally affected in those days by coasting sailors.
Topped off with a new wide-awake hat, I felt no end of a dog, and longed to get ...
Charles W Domvillefife, 2007
7
Kilroy: Home from the War
“This is where I'm getting some bell-bottomed trousers,” I said, grabbing his arm. “
Not me. I'm saving my money for wine, women, and song.” I went into the narrow
little shop, which was so jam-packed with racks of uniforms of every branch of ...
8
Material Witness: The Selected Letters of Fairfield Porter
Trotsky expressed his feeling about Kronstadt recently in the New International,
in which he defended his order to “shoot them down like pheasants” by saying
that the Kronstadt sailors wore bell-bottomed trousers. For me bell-bottomed ...
9
Naval Ceremonies, Customs, and Traditions
Bell-bottomed trousers were the style, but the reasoning behind the style was
more for fashion than for any practical reason, such as the ability to roll them up
easily or to remove them easily when a sailor found himself overboard. Both
these ...
Royal W. Connell, William P. Mack, 2004
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Loyal to the Land: The Legendary Parker Ranch, 750-1950
A triangular piece of fabric sewn into the base of the bell- bottomed trousers was
called a pi'i. Below the knee, the pantaloons were covered by leather or rawhide
leggings (liki- ni wawae or polainasl that covered the tops of heavy buckskin ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELL-BOTTOMED TROUSERS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bell-bottomed trousers is used in the context of the following news items.
Optimism, resounding testimony characterized Elder L. Tom Perry
... for the U.S. Marine Corps, deciding that the marine uniform would suit his long legs better than the bell-bottomed trousers of the navy uniform. «Deseret News, May 15»
Cream: 'We call it sweet and sour rock'n'roll'
Eric, wearing white bell-bottomed trousers, paused to shout a few coarse cries at some girl fans hanging about outside – not Brownies – then ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Taking clean streets and toilets for granted in Singapore
... viewed in the same way as yellowed photos of our parents sporting big perms and bell-bottomed trousers – with a jarring sense of dislocation ... «Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 15»
How Breton tops and nautical style sailed into our wardrobes
Sailors' wide-legged, bell-bottomed trousers inspired another of Chanel's nautical adaptations. White was a popular colour for summer clothing ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
Aussie flare: meet Kym Ellery, the Antipodean wunderkind taking on …
Architectural bell-bottomed trousers took centre stage throughout the collection. Paired with longline tops the overall design showcased Ellery's ... «wallpaper.com, Mar 15»
The Sleek, Somber Side of Yang Li's Beauty Look
His sober collection of big, bell-bottomed trousers with unfinished edges and elongated shirt jackets, marked by a muted color scheme ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
Snapshot: 'Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink' (1972-73), by Bill Yates
In the pictures they wear bell-bottomed trousers and go-go boots; they like to drink and smoke and play with guns. Yates had forgotten about ... «Financial Times, Feb 15»
The history of flares - in pictures
American sailors were the first to adopt bell-bottomed trousers in the 19th century. It is believed that this may have been for practical purposes. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
Shailene Woodley shows off her toned legs in tiny denim shorts as …
... starlet once again put her abs on full display as she donned a white crop top with a cardinal red suit featuring baggy bell-bottomed trousers. «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
Andrew Keen's new book on why the internet is wrong
It was one of those rather tiresome Sixties nostalgia affairs at which everyone squeezes into the bell-bottomed trousers, Mary Quant miniskirts, ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jan 15»
