corduroys

Dressed in pink corduroys, a black hoodie and white sneakers, he was charming and sweet, jokey one second and quietly reflective the next.

Noble-Ward wore a plaid dress but coveted the jeans and corduroys permitted to boys.

Vicuña looked out of place on the Grand Canal: homespun and spirited, in faded brown corduroys, pink leg warmers and a long black and silver braid tied off with red thread.

“I don’t think this is gonna work,” she said, sitting back up and wiping her hands across her corduroys.

She came out from behind the register and led me to the fabric bolts, stacks of solids mixed with prints, cottons with satins, and linen with corduroys.