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
While Elle, who hails from west Belfast, contrasted in a bubblegum pink dress with a tulle skirt and sparkly bodice.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
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
I donned my best gown and a high-necked bodice, not daring to appear immodest I dressed my hair, tucking it beneath a silk coif embroidered with flowers.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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