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headpiece

[hed-pees] / ˈhɛdˌpis /


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Instead, she decided "I'm just going to enjoy it" and wore - appropriately - a red quill headpiece to the Baftas.

From BBC May 22, 2026

This time around, she arrived in a sculptural silver gown from Maison Margiela with an intricately beaded bodice and an Art Deco-style headpiece.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

There’s something magical about walking around a large room in the middle of the city and being transported to a whole other world with just a headpiece.

From Salon Oct. 31, 2025

Throughout the season, Nymphia Wind embraced her Taiwanese heritage with costumes that included an elaborate headpiece of a magpie — the national bird — and a balloon-filled homage to the iconic Taiwanese drink boba tea.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2024

I snatched my headpiece from the secretary, jamming it back on my head.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Thousands of them, dressed in cat ears, bridal gowns and elaborate floral headpieces.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

To his audience, many of them women aged 18 to 30, Johnson presents the world of colts, jockeys and towering headpieces as a networking opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Before dining, customers picked out their garments from a room lined with traditional "hanfu", or Han clothing, headpieces adorned with faux jewels, and accessories.

From Barron's Nov. 14, 2025

At this year’s Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s Day of the Dead festival we talked with attendees behind elaborate costumes, from floral headpieces to skeleton face paintings.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2024

As the two ran side by side, the gleam of their headpieces told her it was the breeding season of the caribou.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George




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