They're showing a strip of fun between the pant-hem and shoelaces with all manner of patterned socks that one-up the now-ubiquitous stripe.

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While no one wants to lose a tax case, it just may be that the worst part of this case was that annoying, uh-hem, thong.

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It all seemed demure, thanks to a below-the-knee hem and fur hooded goatskin sweatshirts that didn't seem out of place after the blizzard.

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So - as long as your child is not clinging like a limpet to the hem of your skirt or trousers - you can walk away on the first day and feel satisfied your most precious possession is in good hands.

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But another tractor-trailer appeared to hem the truck in to the right lane.

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As we turn up the road through the village that clings to the hem of Tikse's sprawling skirt, we hear the-plaintive, summoning blasts on the traditional (yes, in the Himalayas) conch-shell horn.

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Andrew Prentice, a professor of nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, suggested this week that obesity is now so widespread (hem) that it represents an evolutionary shift in human body-shape.

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Custom-made for 17-year-old Garland in 1939, the frock has a 27-inch waist and her name sewn on the inside hem.

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Whenever the lower hem wasn't covering up legs, tight black leggings made of bandage strips and knee-high boots covered up any skin.

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Bright colors were showstoppers too at Juan Carlos Obando whose show featured a knee-length, long sleeve dress in hot pink and a chartreuse halter gown with a fish tail hem.

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