ruche

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Oprah Winfrey made a red carpet appearance in a ruche nude chiffon frock from Vera Wang.

From Forbes • Feb. 22, 2015

I saw no ornaments, save a wreath below the high, full, white ruche at the throat, perhaps of geranium leaves, and a full bouquet of pink rosebuds in the right hand.

From In and Around Berlin by Norton, Minerva Brace

One set of blue ones clustered round the hem of her little night-gown, making a thick "ruche," as it were; and then there came two or three thinner rows of yellow, and then blue again.

From The Cuckoo Clock by Kirk, Maria Louise

No. 172 shows the wing of a bird, No. 173 a rose-leaf somewhat increased in size; the former is worked entirely in button-hole stitch, or trimmed with a ruche of coloured ribbon.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Materials: Deal box; satin ruche; satin ribbon; quilted satin and silk cord; guipure netting.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)