mantilla
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In one, his head is thrown back in a gesture that could be interpreted as laughter or ecstasy; in another, he wears a mantilla and prays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Picture it – she’ll turn up in an immaculately tailored black suit, probably accessorised with a mantilla.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2018
Her refined black-lace mantilla, Katzew says, is virtually unique in the casta painting genre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2017
Since then, she’s become a street icon in Paris for her black mantilla, beehive hairdo and voluminous black-and-white-shirts and skirts — a look from which she never deviates, even when running out for a baguette.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2014
I dressed and combed my hair, and she helped me pin the mantilla to the top of my head.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Women in lace mantillas and gold jewelry pass on their way to somewhere ornate.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Those fans turned up wearing lace mantillas and carrying votive candles on Tube trains that buzzed with Spanish slang, as they clamoured for this long-awaited concert.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Men tend to wear suits and ties and most women wear skirts and lace mantillas on their heads, the latter a traditional sign of humility and femininity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
As the church filled, women slipped on lacy black mantillas and filed up into the balcony, past singed walls still spray-painted with warnings of bombs, since removed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2016
The other mothers dressed up for mass, wearing black lace mantillas on their heads and clutching green or red or yellow handbags that matched their shoes.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
