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headdress

[hed-dres] / ˈhɛdˌdrɛs /


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The showgirl-inspired costume featured a plumed mohawk headdress and showed Cher's bare midriff - a very new, and very shocking look at the time.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Pay homage to a statue of the Egyptian god Horus, whose headdress recalls Natalie Portman’s Queen Amidala, and a Hopi katsina doll of an ogre with the same beak as Jar Jar Binks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

At the time, Ortiz sported a veritable headdress of 1980s rock ’n’ roll hair.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Mathieu Deldicque, director of the Conde Museum, where the headdress will go on display, said the find was a "true miracle", stressing that all of its parts were well preserved.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

I embroidered Hari in his bridegroom’s headdress as the two of us sat before the priest.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Fans marched to last Thursday’s afternoon game with Qatar wearing Canadian flags draped over their shoulders and headdresses that sprouted small maple leafs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

In 1886 an American naval ship brought statues, wooden carvings, feather headdresses and stone tools to the Smithsonian Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

The inclusivity of his beliefs are also suggested as we see him at a fire ceremony, alongside indigenous peoples wearing elaborate headdresses, at an inaugural "Harmony Summit" last summer.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

Their bodies were their canvases, which they bedecked in feather boas, tutus, corsets, Victorian petticoats, Edwardian frock coats, wigs, wings, headdresses, ribbons, sequins, rhinestones, satin, face paint and an abundance of glitter.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

The robes were adorned with animal-head mantles, snakeskin belts, and bird- wing headdresses.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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