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  • To that end, Manhattan designer Richard Chai refit the aloha shirt with cutouts at the shoulders and collarbones in a fuchsia iris pattern with matching hot-pants.

    Endless Summer 2012

  • Instead Prior finds himself fatally miscast as a powerplay-thrashing genius opener, cajoled into the cricketing equivalent of borrowed rubber hot-pants, when, actually, he'd probably look his best in a nice dress.

    Five-pint all-day bloatathon will never be England's cup of tea | Barney Ronay 2011

  • So the current favor for 1970s style — from hot-pants to halter tops to floppy hats — on the catwalks of New York, London and Milan begs the question: Will interior home design soon follow suit?

    Will the return of the jumpsuit jumpstart that ’70s kitchen? 2010

  • Perhaps someone picked it up in the waiting room at a sexual health clinic, or maybe it was during the year of skipping classes and stealing whiskey bottles that it slipped away without notice, like a cheap pair of hot-pants after Mardi Gras.

    The Getting of Ignorance 2010

  • So the current favor for 1970s style—from hot-pants to halter tops to floppy hats—on the catwalks of New York, London and Milan begs the question: Will interior home design soon follow suit?

    Will the return of the jumpsuit jumpstart that ’70s kitchen? 2010

  • In the same room are 20 sparkling costumes — including a suit made of glass, a fur cape lined with more than 40,000 Austrian rhinestones, and a red, white and blue hot-pants number.

    Can Liberace's Legacy Stay in Vegas? 2010

  • Jessica Stone is delightful in a completely different way as Ilona, the hot-pants perfume saleslady who has an embarrassing habit of showing up at the store each morning wearing last night's outfit.

    The Most Sweetly Delectable Musical 2008

  • After spending July and much of August wearing boots and tights, she exclaimed over every strappy sandal that passed along the avenue in front of the café, every flouncy halter dress, every adorable mini and hot-pants.

    To Catch a Prince Gillian McKnight 2005

  • After spending July and much of August wearing boots and tights, she exclaimed over every strappy sandal that passed along the avenue in front of the café, every flouncy halter dress, every adorable mini and hot-pants.

    To Catch a Prince Gillian McKnight 2005

  • * You wore hot-pants, or stared at the girls who did.

    child of the 60’s 2002

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