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- noun Plural form of
brocade . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
brocade .
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Examples
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She was clad in brocades befitting Kings; her breasts were like twin pomegranates, a woven zone set with all kinds of jewels tightly clasped her waist which expanded below into jutting hips; and her hinder cheeks stood out as a mound of crystal185 supporting a silvern shaft.
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Notwithstanding this, many Indian kincobs and dainty gold and coloured silk-weavings of Persian workmanship, both without floating threads, are often called brocades, although in neither is the ornamentation really _broché_ or brocaded.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Usually only single figures of flame brocades, which is more commonly found in France and Spain, turn up in the UK each autumn.
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The soft piece-dye fabrics were changed to colour-woven, stiffer, heavier fabrics such as brocades and satins.
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Vivienne Westwood brings back brazen courtesans, fashionable Belles are corseted by Azzedine Alaia, Christian Lacroix drapes his queens with brocades lavishly gleaming with gemstones, and Olivier Theyskens summons up the ghost of Marie-Antoinette in a Hollywood film.
Evelyne Politanoff: Marie-Antoinette Meets Vivienne Westwood: The 18th Century Back in Fashion at Versailles Evelyne Politanoff 2011
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Vivienne Westwood brings back brazen courtesans, fashionable Belles are corseted by Azzedine Alaia, Christian Lacroix drapes his queens with brocades lavishly gleaming with gemstones, and Olivier Theyskens summons up the ghost of Marie-Antoinette in a Hollywood film.
Evelyne Politanoff: Marie-Antoinette Meets Vivienne Westwood: The 18th Century Back in Fashion at Versailles Evelyne Politanoff 2011
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Miu Miu's inaugural Paris runway show in 2006 featured clothes in expensive fabrics and elaborate techniques, such as hand-painted brocades and printed silks.
In Bloom: Miu Miu Comes of Age Christina Passariello 2010
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Opting for traditional over trendy, she decorated each of the huge suites individually in high Ottoman style, with richly embroidered brocades and elaborately carved furniture handmade by local artisans or sourced from Italian antique dealers.
Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels Forbes Life Staff 2010
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Vivienne Westwood brings back brazen courtesans, fashionable Belles are corseted by Azzedine Alaia, Christian Lacroix drapes his queens with brocades lavishly gleaming with gemstones, and Olivier Theyskens summons up the ghost of Marie-Antoinette in a Hollywood film.
Evelyne Politanoff: Marie-Antoinette Meets Vivienne Westwood: The 18th Century Back in Fashion at Versailles Evelyne Politanoff 2011
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Vivienne Westwood brings back brazen courtesans, fashionable Belles are corseted by Azzedine Alaia, Christian Lacroix drapes his queens with brocades lavishly gleaming with gemstones, and Olivier Theyskens summons up the ghost of Marie-Antoinette in a Hollywood film.
Evelyne Politanoff: Marie-Antoinette Meets Vivienne Westwood: The 18th Century Back in Fashion at Versailles Evelyne Politanoff 2011
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