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A bride in a black dress is not a scene from a horror movie or a Gothic novel with ghosts, but a completely ordinary — even traditional — outfit for brides in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century.
Curvy Fashion or as it was often written before for “stout women” appears in the 1910s, when corsets went out of fashion.
In the early 20th century, women’s skirts began to shorten, but going out with bare legs was still considered indecent. Ultra-fashionable women started painting patterns directly onto their legs, imitating the look of stockings.
The “Zoot suit” is a men’s suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long jacket with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders.
