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May 28, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

The jeans are 97 percent cotton, 3 percent spandex; the skirt is 100 percent virgin wool. The jeans fit just below the waist; the skirt has a genuine waistband — 23 1/2 inches.

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