blouse
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The minute you glance at a blazer, blouse or sweatshirt, a saleswoman is at your elbow, asking if she can find your size or suggest a pair of pants to match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Jordana Nye accompanied them to the stage, wearing an ocean blue blouse and purple skirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
In college, I found a treadle machine in an empty dorm room, oiled it and made a blouse and quilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
The garment gained prominence last week when President John Dramani Mahama wore it during a state visit to Zambia, where some mockingly called it a "blouse," prompting a fierce response from Ghanaians online.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
But I’m still—still—in the wrinkled yellow blouse from yesterday, and I can’t possibly wear it to another shift.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Walmart’s new Scenario brand is launching with hundreds of items, including blouses with embroidered sleeves, pintuck denim shirts and faux leather bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Renowned for her signature wardrobe of high-shoulder suits, pussy-bow blouses, and her iconic handbag, Thatcher cultivated an image that sought to project a sense of authority and purpose.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The company has tried to offer more products beyond jeans — such as dresses, blouses and other items geared toward women — as well as modern riffs on old favorites like 501s.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Their 1998 “Stromboli” collection revolved around a Christian theme, a Marian procession, and dresses, tunics and blouses featuring Marian imagery.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
I wrapped glass cups and plates in side blouses to protect them from breaking.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
The men are variously clothed in bloused tops and tights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Where the small was just that in the chest, and ever so slightly too short in the arms, the medium bloused out a bit at the waist.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2015
He would see, not tuxedos and silk hats, but bloused men and girls in coarse sleeveless gowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emanuel Ungaro's Moroccan striped minidresses are bloused at the hips with yarn belts and designed to be worn over red or green tights.
From Time Magazine Archive
His trousers settled well on his hips and his white shirt bloused over his belt.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Failing to master synchronized heel pivots of marching drills or proper blousing of his pants, he received the most chits of any of his classmates and was punished repeatedly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2018
And at the time when the front of every woman's waist fell far below her belt in a copiously blousing sag, Mrs. Marshall's trim tautness had in it something horrifying.
From The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Her eyes had something of their old-time sparkle as she reached inside the blousing front of her flannel shirt and laid in Mrs. Toomey’s hand a packet of crisp banknotes secured by bands of elastic.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
