Then long, fitted suit jackets were caught at the waist by a snake belt.
That is hard: unlike big strategic missiles, the Shkval, 8.2 metres (27 feet) long, fits in an ordinary lorry.
She dispensed with the customary long, fitted sleeves and train in favor of a halter style that dipped to the small of her back.
Dropping hemlines As well as long, fitted coats with a whiff of sensual Victorian hunting gear, hemlines were also ankle length for skirts.
Environmentally friendly, the grownup riding toy rolls along at 13 mph, has a retractable steering column, folds down to just over three feet long, fits easily in the trunk and is so quiet you could run it inside the house.
The final looks, one in velvet with long fitted sleeves and a deeply scooped back, one with a low neckline framed by glittering dark crystals, were a masterclass in glamour.
Love her or loathe her, when parading her bump on important first-lady business, Carla Bruni wore long, fitted jackets open over dresses, which really gave her a nice line.
Vera Wang brought her clothes back to more familiar ground on Tuesday, with spare sheaths glazed in Indian embroidery and her favorite slim shorts worn with floaty tops or long fitted vests.
The mariner's astrolabe, however, was less widely used than its 16th-century successor, the cross-staff, a simple device consisting of a staff about 3 feet (1 metre) long fitted with a sliding crosspiece (see photograph).
"Is that really double-knit?" one observer whispered of a black wool suit consisting of skinny flared trousers, a hip-length narrow-lapeled jacket and a long fitted vest that could serve as a minidress to nouveau Twiggys.
But the other day I was in a car, with my daughter, being driven by a friend who, because the journey was long, fitted in a conference call.
