dresses

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She approached the costumes themselves as part of her assemblage practice, too, picking fabrics, jackets and dresses from thrift stores and repurposing them completely into something new for these productions that didn’t have much budget.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

It’s a place where people pause to chat up strangers on oak-and-magnolia-draped streets, a place where boutiques sell smocked baby dresses and shirts with phrases such as “Pearls Are Always Appropriate.”

From Slate • May 4, 2026

"Usually, I feel alone. Here, I see so many like me," says Dhanshika, another member of the community, smiling as she watched friends dressed in their finest sari dresses.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Fans dressed in approximations of her floaty ballgowns and 1920s flapper dresses, hollering lyrics like mantras.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“My grandmother Lucy says a lady doesn’t climb rocks after a certain age. She says my mother would be scandalized to think of me climbing rocks or playing kickball in my school dresses at recess!”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles