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BlackshirtsTerm widely used to describe fascist paramilitary organizations. Originating with Mussolini's fascist Squadristi in the 1920s, it was also applied to the Nazi SS (Schutzstaffel) and to the followers of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For the men, the look was simple and striking: black tie on black shirt under black jacket. It started two years ago when Weeks, a costume designer at Brands on Sale, a Cerritos company with 35 employees selling 100,000, Halloween costumes a year via the Internet, sewed his own pimp costume--a zebra striped purple suit with black shirt and cane, hat and sunglasses. ONE OF RON GALELLA'S candid portraits of Liza Minnelli, taken in 1968 at the premiere of A Dandy in Aspic, shows Judy's little gin in an amazing white suit, black shirt, and white silk tie, a daisy brooch on her swank lapel, no longer The Sterile Cuckoo, but ready for all the cabaret, life, has to offer. |
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