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Fanning, Mckenna Grace and “KPop Demon Hunters” stars Audrey Nuna and Ji-young Yoo were among the celebrities to don dramatic ball gowns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

New Year's Day is traditionally the day when brave swimmers don their fancy dress for the Loony Dook - a hangover-clearing dip in the bracing waters of the Firth of Forth.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

When Kane Williamson leaves the Bay Oval field on Monday at the end of the Black Caps' third Test against the West Indies, he may never don New Zealand whites again.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

A hired boy took on a few, and Chris Beeston reluctantly agreed to don women's costume again, and for a time the sharers scheduled the plays with the fewest female roles.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood