Word: satin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years ago she had on a black satin gown with grey fur trimming, imported from Manhattan...
...just begun to dislike them. That was why the exclamation of the youth on the pier marked off a cycle; it reminded her how delightful it is to be a private citizen and-just sometimes-to be recognized. She was a very different person, this amused woman in the satin traveling suit by Callot, with her just-inspected trunks packed with the dreams of Patou, from the pig-tailed girl in white duck, who played on Long Island five years...
...Soviet Chargé d'Affaires, M. Rozejolev, attended wearing satin knee breeches and a jeweled sword. Ambassador Houghton was clad in ordinary evening dress...
...late President), assisted by six young experts on precedence from the Treasury and State Departments, took the guests to their seats. The President and his wife had one of the front pews. Mrs. Coolidge wore for the first time a gown of ecru lace over a black satin slip. The Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden were present, she wearing a gown of apricot pink crepe, with a skirt of self-colored lace. The only decorations in the chapel were six golden vases of lilies on the altar and white ribbons outlining the aisles...
...slender Secretary of the Treasury came the bride. Her entire gown was of point d'Angleterre over cream satin, with a court train of the same lace. Her veil was of tulle with a circlet of pearls about the brow and held in place by a spray of orange blossoms on each side. She wore long sleeves, and her dress came within ten inches of the floor. Her bouquet was voluminous with white orchids and lilies of the valley. She wore a string of pearls...