gabardine

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Exquisite pieces crafted in double cashmere and gabardine spanned little dresses, pants, coats, jackets and skirts, boldly cut above the knee, marking a chic, pared-down approach.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Mallory and Irvine, wearing wool and gabardine, hobnailed leather boots and homemade oxygen sets, disappeared into a swirling cloud on that fateful day, never to be seen alive again.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2022

In fact, purists insist that the best versions are the stiff, gabardine PE shorts sold in John Lewis’s school uniform department for less than a tenner.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2020

To his usual attire of understated jeans and sneakers, he adds a black gabardine coat for warmth in his chilly space.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2016

Served him right, we thought, for his meddling, for trying to draw Mother back into that world of gabardine dresses and cream shoes.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover