millinery

Example Sentences

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Curators have brought together nearly 200 outfits seen together for the first time, charting Chanel’s long career from the opening of her millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to her final collection in 1971.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Here is a selection of some of this year's head-turning millinery.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2022

It was a nice bit of millinery, but more than that, it was historic because it was worn as part of her wardrobe for the administration’s first state dinner.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

“Showstoppers!” displays 100-odd costumes, as well as a handful of the tools used to make them, like millinery blocks and a 19th-century crewel machine from the embroiderers Penn & Fletcher.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Just as Camp walked in, carrying a glass of water clouded with baking soda for Mr. Flournoy, Miss Love spied Mrs. Predmore back near the millinery table, looking through bolts of cloth.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns