ruche

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Oprah Winfrey made a red carpet appearance in a ruche nude chiffon frock from Vera Wang.

From Forbes • Feb. 22, 2015

Inside the front of the bonnet is set a white ruche of lisse, the unmistakable insignia of widowhood.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

Mourning Worn By A Mother A mother who has lost a grown child wears the same mourning as that prescribed for a widow excepting the white cap ruche.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily

No. 172 shows the wing of a bird, No. 173 a rose-leaf somewhat increased in size; the former is worked entirely in button-hole stitch, or trimmed with a ruche of coloured ribbon.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

It was a pretty ruche, and no one knew who had given it.

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz