court dress

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In the past, these collections have been inspired by the court dress of Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia; the ballrooms of early 20th-century Harlem; and jazz mystic Alice Coltrane’s Californian ashram years.

From The Guardian

“A ballgown is your dream, and it must make you a dream,” Dior, a fan of lavish 18th century court dress, once said.

From Los Angeles Times

He abandoned the Speaker’s traditional uniform of court dress in favor of a suit, and has championed the use of so-called urgent questions by M.P.s to summon government ministers to the Commons against their will.

From The New Yorker

Similarly, she has sported the label’s Center Court Dress — it’s short, flirty, fitted and reversible — a few times in a few days.

From Los Angeles Times

Costumes — ageless monk’s robes, ornate ceremonial court dress, boxy Soviet suits, modern down jackets — suited the centuries.

From Los Angeles Times