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Wide Belts
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Belts are steadily inching their way up the waists of Hollywood's most fashionable starlets for spring—and gaining some heft in the process. Whereas winter saw thinner versions slung low on the hip of many a pair of jeans, these belts are cinching the season's most feminine dresses—both full and body-skimming.  
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Yes (20)  69%
No (9)  31%
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Custom Clothing
5 Years
Hard to fit? Odd-shaped people (we believe everyone) no longer need(s)to put up with ill-fitting clothes. More stores and Internet sites are offering made-to-order clothes.  
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Yes (25)  86%
No (4)  14%
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Shorts and Knickers for Women
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Are knickers back in fashion for fall 2006? According to Cynthia Nellis of About.com, it is part of a "School-girl vibe". Would you wear them this fall or buy them for your girlfriend/wife?  
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Yes (13)  45%
No (16)  55%
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Uniforms for Everyone
25 Years
Seinfeld once joked that we will eventually do away with fashion and have everyone wear uniforms. The Seinfeld joke was: "I am so tired of having to come up with another little outfit for myself everyday. In fact, I will say this---and I think many people agree with me---I think eventually fashion won't even exist. I think someday we'll all wear the same thing. Because anytime I see a movie or a TV show where there are people from the future or another planet, they're all wearing the same outfit  
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Yes (15)  24%
No (48)  76%
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Rubenesque Actresses Dominate
Hollywood
5 Years
Is it possible that there will be a backlash against stick thin actresses? Could the reaction go so far as to embrace Rubenesque actresses? Dictionary.com defines Rubenesque as "Plump or fleshy and voluptuous".  
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Yes (87)  65%
No (47)  35%
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Legwarmers - the newest rage in the
NBA?
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But any confusion is understandable. Leg warmers, a fashion staple 20 years ago, have become the rage in the NBA, with several stars having donned them to supposedly feel more comfortable after incurring minor injuries. Lakers guard Kobe Bryant wore them early in the season. Cleveland forward LeBron James has followed, donning them the past two weeks. Now, Miami guard Dwyane Wade is wearing a full-length sleeve on his left leg. "Once you wear something you're comfortable with and you play well,  
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Yes (7)  39%
No (11)  61%
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Clothing made out of electrochromic
polymers
10 Years
Greg Sotzing of the University of Connecticut in Storrs has developed threads of electrochromic polymers, which change colour in response to an applied electric field. The knittable, washable thread could be used to create T-shirts that change colour or pattern to suit your mood or outfit.  
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Yes (39)  80%
No (10)  20%
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Teddy Bear Coat
1 Year
January 27, 2006 – "The kids are calling me JCDC now," said Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, the 56-year-old Gallic designer whose work is being celebrated in Popaganda, an upcoming show at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.  
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Yes (10)  59%
No (7)  41%
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The Roach Broach
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Salt Lake City fashion designer Jared Gold recently began offering jeweled brooches featuring brightly colored Swarovski crystals affixed to a live, 3-inch-long Madagascar hissing cockroach that a woman can allow to roam a short distance around her dress or jacket via a silver chain affixed to the roach's back.  
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Yes (11)  23%
No (37)  77%
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Custom Shoes
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We're (hopefully) in the homestretch to spring: Winter boots have been banished to the back of the closet, and so, with sandal season still a month or two off, new trainers are in order. But how to stand out from the rubber-soled masses? Adidas' all-white leather classics, a 1983 reissue, come with a customization kit—six acrylic paints, two brushes, and a palette—that lets you personalize your kicks to your heart's content. In the never-ending quest to attain sneaker hipness, this limited-editi  
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Yes (14)  88%
No (2)  12%
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Men in Dresses
1 Year
If San Francisco designer Jennifer Minniti has anything to say about it, drag queens won't be the only men making a fashion statement in skirts.  
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Yes (27)  46%
No (32)  54%
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Bell Bottoms
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Bell bottoms are trousers that become wider from the knees downwards. It is believed that bell-bottom pants were introduced in 1817 to sailors working on deck. The flare at the end of the pant leg allowed them to be rolled up more easily than normal straight-legged pants.  
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Yes (11)  32%
No (23)  68%
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