bodice
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“How beautiful she is in her shining raiment,” he rhapsodizes, “her birch-bark body, her sable bodice, her white cravat, her goffered ruff.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
The show opened with a series of violet, green and silver sequined tops in a 1920s style -- reproductions of a bodice designed by early 20th-century French designer Paul Poiret who Anderson namechecked as inspiration.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
Actor Jeremy Pope wore a beautifully constructed Maison Margiela bodice, which fashion theorist Rian Phin noted was aligned with Miller’s writing about “reconstruction of identity through fashion.”
From Salon • May 6, 2025
Wicked's Cynthia Erivo, known for her on-theme style, wore a Givenchy ensemble featuring a bedazzled bodice and an extra-long black train with matching leather boots and nails.
From BBC • May 5, 2025
Even on the day before her wedding, the seamstresses took in her bodice, begging her to eat and fill out her gown.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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