10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OXFORD BAGS»
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Oxford bags in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Men and Menswear: Sartorial Consumption in Britain 1880-1939
... the older generation's 'cravats, winged collars and gold tie-pins seemed a
world away from our open-necked shirts and Oxford bags'.96 Robert Roberts
believed that the new generation of post-war youngsters growing up in Salford
may not ...
2
A Traveller's History of
Oxford
Acton (1904-94), who is credited by some with the invention of 'Oxford Bags', was
like the dandified Max Beerbohm a generation before him, an arch poseur whose
posturing veiled a very genuine talent. Mid-way through his very long life he ...
3
The Soul Stylists: Six Decades of Modernism - From Mods to ...
Trousers in particular ballooned out, with one style, Oxford bags, gaining much
popularity. *** 'They saved my life, Oxford bags. I got pulled into Notting Hill
police station once. I'd just bought an ounce of gear. The Flying Squad stopped
me.
4
Troublemaker: The Life and History of A. J. P. Taylor
... and the innovators of Paris'. He introduced to Oxford the trousers later known
as 'Oxford bags' - as broad as twenty-six inches at the knee and twenty-four
inches at the ankle, they spread to cover the shoes; they were often in light, bright
...
Instead of making a pair of Oxford bags with pockets down the side, which were
the 'in' kind of trousers at the time, Mum had created a monster, a mutant breed of
trousers: the puff pants. Where Oxford bags were baggy, the puff pants were ...
6
The Dictionary of Fashion History
Oxford bags (M) Period: 1920s. A mainly British style of excessively wide-legged
trousers worn by some students at Oxford University. Oxford button-overs (M)
Paddock coat Period: 1860s. “Oxonian shoes which cover the instep and are
closed ...
Valerie Cumming, C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington,
2010
7
Picturesque Prison: Evelyn Waugh and His Writing
5' Acton favoured dawns rather than twilights and preferred the early Victorian
period to the Nineties, affecting bowler, stock, side-whiskers, and the broad
trousers which, he says, eventually led to “Oxford bags.” He stressed that the
intangible ...
8
Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion
7a Ankle-hugging 'drainpipes' develop into 'flared bottoms' (b), often with the
introduction of seams. c 'Pencil' trousers are straight throughout, yet slimfirting at
the waist and hips. d 'Oxford bags' hang straight and loose, with characteristic ...
9
The Adventures of Spud Carrot Volume One
The huge claws of the now enraged 'SnowCovered Peak', took a scathingly
angry swipe at me, and took the back seat out of my oxford bags, which was
rather fortunate, as without it I was able to run much faster. As I fled from its
vengeful ...
10
The Four False Weapons
Now, what else do we know of the visitor's appearance? “He”wears Oxford bags
— those past abominations of a vanity truly English, which, with careful walking,
would entirely conceal theshoe. Supposethere is another reason forthis stumble?
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OXFORD BAGS»
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Oxford bags is used in the context of the following news items.
The Worcester News: 80 years at the heart of the city
Fashions were more casual – women were wearing knee-length skirts, men donned wide trousers called Oxford bags and replaced waistcoats with pullovers. «Worcester News, Jul 15»
A gentleman's guide to summer style
Similar to “Oxford Bags” from the 1920s to 1950s, these have a slightly higher waist to give the pants length in proportion to their width. «Cayman Compass, Jul 15»
Skinny jeans alternatives sees LIZ JONES rate celebs as Coco …
Palazzo pants (in the 1970s, we called them Oxford bags) only look passable on the very young, very tall, and very thin – the stylist on the shoot ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
The way we wore
... www.20thcenturyman.co.uk, featuring dapper waistcoats, Oxford bags, Thirties braced trousers, and shirts with spear collars, using cloth from ... «Yorkshire Post, Apr 15»
Madly Modern Mary overcomes childhood hardships to become the …
'Oxford bags, cream with large orange check, skimmed my skinny legs', and a Vidal Sassoon-inspired chick-yellow gamine crop set her on the ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 15»
Shop Girl review – Mary Portas's breezy memoir
Such tomes need to be period pieces, and it's all here: Baby Bellings, Chopper bikes, Charlie's Angels, pining for Oxford bags because Marc ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
They're back! Top designers rescue flares from dustbin of fashion …
... fashion director of 10 magazine, is a fan: “I have a bootcut vintage Dior Homme pair in Prince of Wales check and some Oxford bags that are ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
McQ Alexander McQueen
The high-hemmed Oxford bags, while perfectly fine, felt like a rather extraneous flourish in a collection that otherwise came refreshingly free of ... «Style.com, Jan 15»
Style E. Tautz Fall 2015 Menswear
Pleats and cuffs gave his not-quite-Oxford bags structure, and the broad hems of his magnified Fair Isle pattern knits definition at the waist. «Style.com, Jan 15»
My old piano keeps the previous generations alive
Either way, he worked those keyboards, playing round the Manchester pubs in his wide Oxford bags trousers, brown pipe in his mouth. «The Guardian, Dec 14»