fichu
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By the end of the day, she persuaded me to buy her a yellow linen dress with a tie in the back and a fichu, a white triangle of cloth tucked into the neckline.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2013
But the feeling of that giddy costume extravaganza came through only in an airy cream and ivory palette and in shapes suggesting trim court breeches and dainty fichu collars.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2010
Another woman tried on an exquisite Arlesian fichu.
From Time Magazine Archive
But these details faded into secondary consideration, for the Lavender Lady was entering, in the soft heliotrope gown, with a sprig of wallflower pinned into the lace fichu.
From For the School Colours by Angela Brazil
She had a black velvet ribbon around her lithe waist, a rose in her bosom where the fichu crossed, and a broad Gainsborough hat upon her head.
From Louisiana by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Christian's estate glittered with exotic tropic birds and costly tapestries; his person with jewels, velvet, and fine lace fichus.
From Time Magazine Archive
To make one costume seem like many, women are buying in vast quantities dickies, jabots, fichus, gilets, ruches, berthas, bibs, piccadillies, collets, modesties and ruffs.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are whopping cabbage roses, short lengths and, in the lace-printed fichus, references to Arles, in Lacroix's native Provence.
From Time Magazine Archive
When stored in the open, they often wear translucent fichus of plastic film.
From Time Magazine Archive
The red-moustached man parted company with his companion and went straight to a counter where lace scarfs and fichus and wonderful boudoir caps were achieving a brilliant success.
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
