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wardrobe

[wawr-drohb] / ˈwɔr droʊb /


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Because you can tell your accountant that sneakers are always a practical wardrobe investment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

The scale of the operation continues with the wardrobe crew beginning at 2 a.m. on shooting days.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Some brides are bringing extra dresses in case of guest-related wardrobe violations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Koike first introduced the summer wardrobe shift as Japan's environment minister in 2005.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

It is one thing to walk 2,000 miles, quite another to walk 2,000 miles with a wardrobe on your back.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Since November Kilby has collected about 180 dresses and 70 suits from charity shops, from people raiding their wardrobes, online shopping and resale sites.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

Now they are expected to change the way people dress as they lose weight, with GLP-1 users potentially spending billions more each year to refresh their wardrobes, Bernstein analysts said.

From MarketWatch Mar. 20, 2026

According to Boston Consulting Group, the share of secondhand goods in shoppers’ wardrobes has risen 7 percentage points to 28% since 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

These cyclical returns of the tie to women's wardrobes often coincide "with periods of fragility when rights are being called into question", the historian observed.

From Barron's Jan. 31, 2026

There were wardrobes stuffed to bursting with fashions years out of date and dressers full of children’s clothes.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Before taking part in the ceremony, he’s wardrobed in “traditional” attire, which the British have crafted based on Indian drawings.

From Washington Post Feb. 28, 2018

A woman dressed as a sailboat stood proudly on one side; several others wardrobed like giant Gerbera daisies — their lean green-suited bodies topped with giant multi-petal hats.

From Washington Post

Not that he thinks the solution lies in wardrobing.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2023

Aside from wardrobing Tom Cruise in “Vanilla Sky” as well as providing clothes for several “Mission: Impossible” and James Bond movies, Varvatos has largely stayed out of Hollywood until now.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2019

Others accept behavior such as "wardrobing" — in which customers buy an item, use it and then return it — as a hazard of doing business.

From Chicago Tribune Feb. 2, 2014

Some of these result from a practice known as wardrobing, in which a shopper buys a garment for a particular event, then returns it once the event is over.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 2010

Her name recognition soared after she spent a season wardrobing contestants for the hit TV reality show Star Factory.

From Time Magazine Archive




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