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brocade

[broh-keyd] / broʊˈkeɪd /


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Like walking museum plaques, they glided through rooms in silk brocade gowns, panniers extending their hips to improbable widths, dispensing facts about furnishings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The collection also featured brocade capes, puffer jackets and long wool coats with oversized fur cuffs.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Best known for his use of lotus and peacock motifs, Bal used rich fabrics like velvet and brocade - his designs were elaborate, inspired by Indian grandeur and royalty.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

That brocade floral jacket with the giant, giant shoulder pads and the high collar and the brooch.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

And far back, under a huge tent of silk and brocade and cloth of gold, shining with a weird, otherworldly light, was Ghohg, being rolled across the desert on a gilded platform.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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