finery

Men dressed as pirates follow along in their own finery.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

The high-society nature of tarot is reflected in the opulent materials used in making the cards and in the depictions of the people on them, who don finery and engage in courtly activities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Photos and videos from their colourful wedding showed the happy couple from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh performing rituals and posing in their finery.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Once dressed in their wedding finery in the palace of the local ruler, the young women parade through the streets of Shao before the mass wedding is blessed by the priest of Awon.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025

She did not gown herself as a lady, but chose a knight's finery instead, a velvet doublet quartered rose-and-azure, breeches and boots and a fine-tooled swordbelt, her new rainbow cloak flowing down her back.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

While most festivalgoers don the likes of velvet, bodices, feathered caps and other fineries, Matthews and his friends coordinated peasant-inspired costumes in an effort to represent the everyman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2022

The burial site, and particularly the crown and other fineries interred with the woman, hinted at a premodern European culture in which women might have held considerable power.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

No one thought to escort her off stage, strip her of her fineries, and save us all this torture?

From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2015

Beyond the constant dialectic between streetwear and ladylike fineries - the sweatshirts and pencil skirts were worn together - the collection was also playing with opacity and transparency.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2011

But Zillah, in her fineries and forced smiles, offered the most tragic image of all.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill