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Meanwhile local media praised von der Leyen's burgundy and gold brocade outfit -- a nod to Indian fashion.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Vestments made of intricate floral brocade in 1741, given by Louis XV, enrich the walls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

Best known for his use of lotus and peacock motifs, Bal used rich fabrics like velvet and brocade - his designs were elaborate, inspired by Indian grandeur and royalty.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

A few brocade throw pillows lie atop the spread to complete the earth-tone look.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

She was wearing an elaborate gown of silk and brocade, so heavy that it felt like armor.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

From rich woven silks, patterned brocades and intricate chintz to a range of less talked-about textiles, India's contribution to the global textile industry is unique.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

Velvet embedded with jewels, raw silk with hand-beaten sequin borders, silk brocades woven with gold.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

With golden brocades and rich navys, this is a swinging, stylish time.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2022

One thing every costume had in common: they were all solid colors; no prints, brocades or lace.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022

Furnished in elaborate velvets, silks, and brocades, it’s a riot of scarlet and deep blues and greens, everything rich and dark, like overripe fruit.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

There are extravagant mansions, brocaded costumes and magnificent vistas.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

The entire cast could behave as cold and stiffly as corpses, and as long as we're also wheeled through brocaded beauty and inspired grotesquery, this follow-up will have done its job.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020

The look took a traditional tuxedo pant and paired it with a subtly flashy shawl-collar jacket in a brocaded midnight blue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2018

“There was none of this,” he said, motioning toward finely brocaded upholstery, plush silks and a mantelpiece crowded with photographs of world leaders the king had known.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2016

She flung open the drawers of the bureau and the door of the closet, filled with saris of every imaginable texture and shade, brocaded with gold and silver threads.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

"Royal India" may be the longest shadow of the imperial sunset, but the techniques this show celebrates--like tie-dying, brocading, hand embroidering and intricate weaving--are still practiced.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tusser-silk, tus′ėr-silk, n. a kind of dark fawn-coloured silk, generally made without brocading or patterns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The great Camellia trees gave lavishly of their waxen flowers, brocading the snow in crimson.

From The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan by Frances Little