appliqué
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Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Cutting and sewing techniques allowed these prints to live anew as appliqué details.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2023
Originally, the patterns were inspired by traditional body painting, translated into colorful textiles in reverse appliqué worn as panels on women’s blouses.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022
“Nevertheless, the black appliqué still draws attention and makes her stand apart from everybody else.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022
A usual form of appliqué is in satin upon velvet.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
