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

She had a plump figure, its fulness accentuated by her rustling gray silk gown, with its spreading mantle glittering with steel beads, and finished with a thick, outstanding ruche at the neck.

From The Last Stroke a detective story by Lynch, Lawrence L.

A married woman in mourning for child, sister, brother, or parent, wears the above costume, with the exception of the white ruche in the bonnet.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

The work-bag is trimmed on the outside with a ruche of blue satin ribbon seven-eighths of an inch wide.

From Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

I was dressed in a white muslin gown, a plain skirt with a wide ruche around the bottom, Marie Stuart waist, and hair arranged to match the costume.

From Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) by Bashkirtseff, Marie