finery

There should be no single, all-powerful character around which a democracy revolves, so it is considered unseemly to lavish excessive finery on the head of state.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

With centuries of French finery to draw on, the Palais Galliera, the city’s fashion museum, regularly mounts temporary exhibitions to showcase its fragile collection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

With the glamorous catwalks, celebrities and excess of finery on display, the possibility of the recent investigations uncovering labour abuses being on anyone's mind appeared slim.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

Every night, the gentlemen suit up and the ladies don their finery, although nothing is as fancy as when the family hosts balls or extremely fancy dinners for special guests.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

In preparation, men and women borrowed each other’s finery and planned fanciful disguises.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

While most festivalgoers don the likes of velvet, bodices, feathered caps and other fineries, Matthews and his friends coordinated peasant-inspired costumes in an effort to represent the everyman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2022

The burial site, and particularly the crown and other fineries interred with the woman, hinted at a premodern European culture in which women might have held considerable power.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

No one thought to escort her off stage, strip her of her fineries, and save us all this torture?

From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2015

Lauren visited the fineries of Asian fashion in bright-dragon embroideries, silks and satins, and the perfect fit of a slim silhouette.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2011

Real or imitation the fineries give way; it is she who adorns them.

From Woman by Marx, Magdeleine