... , which is a really baggy, high color suit for men.. The fashion was born during the early thirties in Harlem's nightclubs. It was an exaggerated look comprised of an oversized jacket, wide lapels and shoulders, with baggy low-crotched trousers that narrowed dramatically at the ankle. The zoot influence remained through the 1940s and men's coats were noticeably roomier as a result of ... featuring skyscrapers, exotic foliage, limousines, rodeos, Tahitian sunsets and even pin-up girls these are all men garments. One of the most extreme changes in postwar men's fashion was the adoption of ...

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... against it was counter-mining; i.e. the defenders would dig their own tunnel hoping to break in to that of the beseigers and halt its construction. To prevent mining, a castle required a wide and deep moat. Evidence of a successful mining operation is to be found at Rochester Castle, Kent (photo at right). Its splendid Norman keep was originally built with four square angle ... under cover. Significant as these improvements were, there was one which was to lead eventually to a fundamental rethinking in castle design and the obsolescence of the keep. This was the adoption of the flanking...

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