garters

Example Sentences

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Men could wear blouses and shirts on the outside, while women could do away with their corsets, stockings, and garters.

From National Geographic • Jan. 9, 2024

Lauren Swann, 35, of Venice, California, sews garters for good friends using strips of stretch lace and appliqués she finds on Etsy.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2018

"When I think now of a Victorian woman lacing up her corset, tying her garters and buttoning her dress, I think of a woman dressing sensibly for a hard day of work ahead."

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013

“Their relationship is where the two sides — upstairs and downstairs — meet,” Mr. Jackson said between takes, dressed immaculately in his chauffeur’s uniform, complete with sleeve garters to keep his cuffs in place.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2011

On Sunday I put on the clothes my mother and I have picked out, a dress of dark-blue and green wool plaid, white ribbed stockings that attach with garters onto my stiff white cotton waist.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood