wardrobe
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She added that she is noticing "people are willing to spend a little bit more" on wardrobe staples and items that "wash well and are made of cotton, not acrylic or polyester".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The wardrobe of Neil Patrick Harris, who played a military intelligence officer, appeared to be lifted entirely from the less-celebrated work of designer Hugo Boss.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Because you can tell your accountant that sneakers are always a practical wardrobe investment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
You think about the practicality of your wardrobe based on how your day is looking or what the weather forecast says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
There was no hair, makeup, or wardrobe to be tended to, no marshaling of our children, no late-night speech being prepped for delivery.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The history of preppy style is rooted in the wardrobes of students at Ivy League schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hidden compartments built into two of the bedroom wardrobes were uncovered, containing approximately £1.4m.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Narratively, their characters — a heroine and her nemesis — shouldn’t dress as though they could swap wardrobes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Now they are expected to change the way people dress as they lose weight, with GLP-1 users potentially spending billions more each year to refresh their wardrobes, Bernstein analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
There were wardrobes stuffed to bursting with fashions years out of date and dressers full of children’s clothes.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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Before taking part in the ceremony, he’s wardrobed in “traditional” attire, which the British have crafted based on Indian drawings.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2018
A woman dressed as a sailboat stood proudly on one side; several others wardrobed like giant Gerbera daisies — their lean green-suited bodies topped with giant multi-petal hats.
From Washington Post
Not that he thinks the solution lies in wardrobing.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
Aside from wardrobing Tom Cruise in “Vanilla Sky” as well as providing clothes for several “Mission: Impossible” and James Bond movies, Varvatos has largely stayed out of Hollywood until now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
Others accept behavior such as "wardrobing" — in which customers buy an item, use it and then return it — as a hazard of doing business.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 2, 2014
Some of these result from a practice known as wardrobing, in which a shopper buys a garment for a particular event, then returns it once the event is over.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2010
Her name recognition soared after she spent a season wardrobing contestants for the hit TV reality show Star Factory.
From Time Magazine Archive
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