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9 unusual facts about Wear


Alison Wilding

Her only large-scale public artwork "Ambit" was installed in the River Wear at Sunderland in 1999, taking the form of a necklace of stainless-steel tubes floting in the river, and lit up from underwater at night.

Arnold Loxam

Dr Loxam was invited back in 1968 to make a final broadcast from what had by then become the Gaumont before the Wurlitzer organ was taken to the North East Theatre Organ's headquarters in Howden-le-Wear, County Durham.

J-Wear

The clothing is anti-bacterial, water-absorbent, odor-eliminating, antistatic, and flame retardant.

Len Turner

He also has appeared on the following U.S. television stations: KTVI, St. Louis, WPTV-TV West Palm Beach, Florida, WEAR-TV Pensacola, Florida and WUFT-TV Gainesville, Florida.

Pret

Prêt-à-porter or Ready-to-wear fashion; often abbreviated as Pret, as in Pret-line.

Saskatchewan Highway 2

"Highway 2 near Cudworth has seen an increase in truck traffic that is leading to deterioration on this highway...It's important to keep our highways in good driving condition to ensure the safety of the travelling public." -Highways and Transportation Minister Maynard Sonntag.

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation

According to the Foundation's website, "MHOF donates musical instruments to music programs where students have access to a music curriculum but lack the resources and support base to adequately keep up with equipment loss due to attrition, depreciation and wear over time. An infusion of instruments and repairs enables more students to participate and experience a quality music education."

Thomas Stackhouse

The son of John Stackhouse (d. 1734), who became rector of Boldon in County Durham, and uncle of John Stackhouse, he was born at Witton-le-Wear where his father was then curate.

Witton-le-Wear

In Witton, Taylor wrote The Cave of Ceada which was accepted for the Quarterly Review.


Academic dress of the University of Glasgow

The only other member of staff to wear ceremonial dress is the Bedellus, the head of the janitorial staff, who carries the Mace at ceremonial events and wears a black gown with gold trimmings and faced with the University badge.

Alundis Brice

When Dallas acquired Deion Sanders Brice was given a BMW to switch jersey numbers so that Sanders could wear his #21.

Aquiles Priester

Aquiles endorses: Paiste, Mapex, Evans, Pro-Mark, Audio-Technica, DW Pedals, Gibraltar Hardware, Zoom, Staff Drum, Santo Angelo, Urban Boards, Ciclotron, Shred Cases, AeroRic Custom Drums, Tander Tattoo Studio and Lady Snake Rock Wear.

Badges of the United States Air Force

The newest badge to be authorized for wear is the Cyberspace Operator Badge, first awarded to qualified officers on April 30, 2010 at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC.

Bekishe

Those members of these movements centred in Jerusalem or one of the Jerusalem-affiliated suburbs such as Beitar Illit, Ramat Beit Shemesh or Modi'in Illit wear these gold coats.

Berets of the United States Army

In 1943 General Frederick Browning, commander of the British First Airborne Corps, granted a battalion of the US Army's 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment honorary membership in the British Parachute Regiment and authorized them to wear British-style maroon berets.

Boxing Day Dip

Participants are expected to wear fancy dress and jump into the North Sea.

Bucket hat

In Sweden, it is known as a "Beppehatt" or "Beppemössa", since Beppe Wolgers, a Swedish author and artist, used to wear it and made it popular in the 1970s.

Buffalo Turkey Trot

The race is partially a serious competition and partially a fun run; participants in the Turkey Trot have been known to wear unusual costumes (comparable to those used by the contestants in the game show Let's Make a Deal) such as turkey suits, hockey uniforms with mullets, whole canoes, Chewbacca outfits, or formal wedding wear while racing.

Caroline Subijano

She was also chosen to be one of two first CalCarries Models to be sent to Asia, and became the face of the Giordano ready-to-wear fashion in Hong Kong.

Chuck Cecil

During much of his career, Cecil was forced to wear a "Gazoo Helmet"; a helmet so named because it resembled the head of The Great Gazoo, a recurring character in The Flintstones animated series.

Cutler and Gross

Cutler and Gross eye wear are designed at the Cutler and Gross headquarters in Marylebone, London and are handmade in a factory in Pieve di Cadore, Italy.

Daimaru

In 1998, Daimaru entered into a partnership with the French grand couturier Dominique Sirop to produce Dominique Sirop for Daimaru, a high fashion prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) label.

Dale Tryon, Baroness Tryon

Launched through a personal television appearance on the ITV1 show This Morning hosted by friends Richard and Judy, Dale persuaded Diana to wear a Kanga dress to the Live Aid concert.

Dan Mathews

He is known for heading PETA's most controversial and attention-getting campaigns, including the "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" ads, as well as campaigns involving celebrities such as Morrissey, Pamela Anderson, Pink, and Paul McCartney.

Denice Duff

Denice has performed on many nationally televised commercials, most notably the Fruit of the Loom campaign where she was the girl bopping about her bedroom trying to figure out what to wear and then finally flopping on a chair in nothing but her Fruit of the Looms.

Elizabethan collar

In Phineas and Ferb, Perry the Platypus is forced to wear one after incurring damages from a fight with Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

Escadrille SPA.57

This second citation entitled members of the unit to wear the fourragere of the Croix de guerre.

Fairchild Fashion Media

It was named Daily Trade Record (before turning into Daily News Record and eventually DNR) and included a small feature about women's wear.

Fourragère

Graves B. Erskine, then platoon leader in the 6th Marine Regiment, was authorized to wear the fourragère as an individual decoration.

Gerry Sutcliffe

As Minister for Sport at the time of the Beijing Olympics he entered a wager with his Australian counterpart Kate Ellis that Great Britain would finish above Australia in the final medal table, with each Minister promising to wear the opposite nation's colours to a sporting event if they lose.

Hadaka

Hadaka Matsuri, type of Japanese festival in which participants wear a minimum amount of clothing

Heavy metal fashion

Folk metal, viking metal, black metal and power metal fans often grow long thick hair and beards reminiscent of a stereotypical Viking, Saxon and Celt, and wear Thor's Hammer pendants and other pagan symbols.

Hyacinth Bucket

In the second episode of the first series she insisted her husband wear a tie to prune the garden.

J. R. Bailey

Bailey released a record on Calla Records that year called "Love Won't Wear Off." It was written and produced by Billy Guy of The Coasters.

Japanese fashion as social resistance

This could be due to the short skirts, they can wear or it can be drawn from its namesake the novel ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov.

JoJo Maman Bébé

JoJo Maman Bébé is a UK-based multi-channel maternity wear and baby clothing retailer, founded in 1993, with 54 stores in the UK.

Knee-high boot

In university ROTC units, some members wear a dress boot reminiscent of a mounted cavalry boot, such as the boots worn by seniors in the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets.

Larry Weinberg

Five players have since received permission from Weinberg to wear #1: Rod Strickland, Derek Anderson, Jarrett Jack, Armon Johnson and Ike Diogu.

Last Time in New York

He is also ashamed to wear a Packers jersey and a Cheesehead hat.

Lipstick lesbian

In 1990, the gay newspaper OutWeek covered the Lesbian Ladies Society, a Washington, D.C.–based social group of "feminine lesbians" that required women to wear a dress or skirt to its functions.

Mataram Sultanate

Krapyak was succeeded by his son, Raden Mas Rangsang, who assumed the title Panembahan ing Alaga and later took the title of Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo ("Great Sultan") after obtaining permission to wear "Sultan" from Mecca.

Mike Weatherley

In his spare time, he watches bands perform live in local venues and, in his maiden speech, he pledged that he would wear an Iron Maiden T-shirt in the Chamber.

NBC suit

In the novel Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky people visiting the irradiated surface of Moscow wear black radiation suits with unique clear faced gas masks.

Nima Behnoud

Today celebrities such as Heidi Klum, Nicky Hilton, Jim Carrey, Pras of Fugees and Kevin Spacey wear these T-Shirts and major publications including Vogue, Maxim, Washington Times have written about NIMANY.

Paul W. Bryant Museum

Among the exhibits at the museum are a Waterford Crystal houndstooth hat which commemorates the Coach's head-wear and the Daniel Moore painting used to create the 32-cent U.S. postage stamp which celebrated the life of Bryant.

Peruvian Flamenco

In Peruvian Flamenco men normally wear black trousers, black shirt, a red belt and a Fedora hat.

Positive pressure personnel suit

Wear of a PPPS can underscore the villainy and "otherness" of movie bad guys as in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

Provost Sergeant

U.S. Army Provost Sergeants cannot be recognized by any specific insignia and few Provost Sergeants even wear the distinctive military police identification patch on their Army Combat Uniform.

Saint Ouen, Jersey

The traditional nickname for St. Ouennais is Gris Ventres (grey bellies) - a reference to the custom of men from the parish to wear jerseys of undyed wool, which distinguished them from men from other parishes who generally wore blue.

SNH48

The MV will be filmed in the Shanghai World Financial Center and fans are welcome to join the filming if they wear a "Flying Get" T-shirt of SNH48 on that day.

Steel engraving

Steel plates can be case hardened to ensure that they can print thousands of times with little wear.

Steve Heinze

Because of his last name, Heinze requested to wear #57 (as in Heinz 57 ketchup) with the Bruins.

Superstition in Pakistan

People, especially children and young girls, wear Ta'wiz (Urdu: تعویز) (Amulet) to ward off evil eye.

The Sponge

When Kramer takes part in the AIDS Walk, he refuses to wear an AIDS ribbon in opposition to "ribbon bullies", led one more time by Bob and Cedric from "The Soup Nazi" episode.

Tippet

Clergy who are entitled to wear medals, orders or awards may fix them to the upper left side of the tippet on suitable occasions (Remembrance Sunday for example).

Tjerita Si Tjonat

He contrasts this with a discussion written by Tirto Adhi Soerjo regarding the cultural roles in the Indies, in which individuals had to wear clothing in accordance to their ethnic identity, for which failure to abide meant punishment at the hands of police.

Tyng

Jim Tyng (1856–1931), first baseball player to wear a catcher's mask

Württemberg T 4

In order to reduce wear and tear on the tyres and brake shoes during descents, the engines were fitted with Riggenbach counterpressure brakes.


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