bodice

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Jessie Buckley, the favorite to win the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of William Shakespeare's grief-stricken wife in "Hamnet," looked regal in a red Chanel off-the-shoulder bodice and flowing pink ball skirt.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

“How beautiful she is in her shining raiment,” he rhapsodizes, “her birch-bark body, her sable bodice, her white cravat, her goffered ruff.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Actor Jeremy Pope wore a beautifully constructed Maison Margiela bodice, which fashion theorist Rian Phin noted was aligned with Miller’s writing about “reconstruction of identity through fashion.”

From Salon • May 6, 2025

Galinda’s pink arrival gown used 20,000 beads that took artisans 225 hours to sew onto the bodice, while the skirt was assembled from spiraled cones of embellished, sheer pink fabric that were attached in tiers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

On the small bodice the pearls were worked in a shape Ged knew: the double arrow of the GodBrothers of the Kargad Empire, surmounted by a king’s crown.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin