deshabille

There is the arresting bustier-and-tulle performance of “Like A Virgin” at the 1984 MTV Music Video Awards, where millions of viewers are convinced they have caught a glimpse of Madonna en deshabille.

As a rule, the British public likes its royal women to be as glamorous as possible, but around the duchess there is a new appetite for deshabille.

The weather was hot and most of the guests were in some kind of deshabille, ranging from shorts to virtually nothing.

The key items included a floppy scarf, breeches, vests and jackets, in a mix of painterly colors and worn with a studied deshabille.

Dorothy agreed to go out if she were allowed time to change her things; but Lily declared that she was tired after the journey, and preferred to look at illustrated papers in deshabille.