brocade

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

Los Angeles, California-Judy Garland, in a silk brocade evening coat, following her sold out performance at the Hollywood Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times

The collection featured a subdued palette of soft pastels, blues, blacks and khakis, dramatically offset by accessories such as crystal-embellished sunglasses and a crystal hummingbird on a shredded brocade top.

From Seattle Times

The dress radiates the energy of a Jackson Pollock canvas — black and daffodil-yellow on shimmering silver brocade, hand-painted to generate the perfect luster for the stage.

From New York Times

Then come the punches and neck chops, the bruises and broken glass, the ludicrous wire-fu that allows a matron in a brocade lehenga to fly through the air.

From New York Times