It's a total bodice-ripper only instead of a bodice it's a shoe!
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The main garments are a shift (or blouse) with a waist skirt, or a bodice and skirt in one piece, or a bodice and a jacket.
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The bodice of Lima's gown was also covered in crystals.
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The flowing blue dress featured floral embellishments on the bodice.
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The bodice of her strapless gown looks like sculpted tulle.
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It has beautiful beading with pearls all over the bodice.
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The Ripped Bodice also sells hats, shirts, notebooks, and robes.
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Both dresses featured a lovely lace bodice and full skirt.
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Her Versace dress had an asymmetrical neckline and crystal-covered bodice.
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Her pink satin bodice will stain and her stockings will rip.
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Natalie Martin rayon maxi-dress with wrap bodice, $348 at nataliemartincollection.com.
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The dropped-waist gown featured a corset bodice and a full skirt.
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Although it's hard to pass up a bodice-ripper featuring Grover Cleveland.
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Will dancers actually be able to raise their arms in that bodice?
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"It's a far cry from a corset or a bodice," she said.
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Alicia (Elle Fanning) leaves the top buttons of her bodice showily undone.
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Scarcely a ripped bodice, with talk of bundling, in lieu of mating.
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The wedding dress-like gown featured a feathered skirt and fitted strapless bodice.
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The headpiece matched her glitter eye shadow, dress bodice and elaborate nail art.
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Mara wore a black Alexander McQueen gown with a lace bodice and cutouts.
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King's dress stood out thanks to its asymmetrical neckline and crystal-covered bodice.
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The corset bodice features plenty of lace detailing, pearls, and Swarovski crystals throughout.
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Rihanna has previously championed Goddard's range of smocked, ruffled bodice and sheer designs.
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With push-up cups and a streamlined bodice, this corset enhances your figure.
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The peach-colored number was equipped with a tulle skirt and embellished bodice.
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Beneath that sparkling pink bodice, there's a full-on fit-and-flare skirt.
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Berta's collection featured an elaborate blazer paired with pants and a corset bodice.
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Sheer fabric allowed the sparkles to flow seamlessly from sleeves to bodice to skirt.
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What appears to be a bodice is actually a flowing, strapless high-low top.
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Her co-star Betty Gabriel's teal Tony Ward bodice left little to the imagination.
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Her vintage Chanel dress also had a giant blue gem attached to the bodice.
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Ciara cradled her pregnant stomach in this sheer sparkly dress with a bodice underneath.
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In 2018 she arrived alongside Gamble in a feathery black dress with jeweled bodice.
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"Maisie was wearing a high neck dress with a floral appliquéd bodice," says Richman.
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There's unique beading, embroidered lace, and even a classic gown with a fitted bodice.
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Jillian's dress was more traditional, featuring a lace bodice and a full, layered skirt.
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Anka wore a tea-length gown with a transparent bodice alongside Bateman's black suit.
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Actress Kerry Washington wears a black and white Atelier Versace gown with leather bodice.
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The bodice on May's gown is packed with crystals that perfectly catch the light.
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The bodice of the dress was meant to resemble the fan on the album cover.
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Mom is a mountain in "Longyarn," the uninhibitedly shaggy new comedy from Banana Bag & Bodice.
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Kroes sported a black Brandon Maxwell tuxedo gown with a velvet bodice and open back.
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In February, she rocked a green Gucci ensemble featuring two identical dogs on the bodice.
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Barlow, 20093, wore a gown with a form-fitting sparkly bodice and a tulle skirt.
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She wore a yellow tulle cocktail-length dress with a fitted bodice and ruffled skirt.
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Swift's dress was a blush pink chiffon cap sleeve gown with a hand-embroidered bodice.
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The bodice of the dress must not have any fabric cutouts in the cleavage area.
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Writing in The Times, A.O. Scott described this drama as an "Advanced Placement bodice-ripper."
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Give us fiction, nonfiction, poetry or biography, but spare us the bodice rippers of romances.
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This time she changed into a white gown with beaded bodice and embellished draped sleeves.
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Dresses had bodice-like tops, some slashed on the sides and paired with voluminous skirts.
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They opened their romance-novel-only shop, The Ripped Bodice, in Culver City last March.
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Then came the royal wedding dress, with a Sophie Hallette lace bodice, in April 2011.
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Unlike previous winners, Karen Baldwin went for a black gown with a bedazzled bodice detail.
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Lawrence picked a black gown that hugged every curve with a fitted bodice for the occasion.
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The baroque design, fitted bodice and full skirt on each meant that they were virtually unmissable.
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The bodice was made of 24-carat gold, reminiscent of his standout 2019 Met Gala look.
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Her sleeveless Gucci gown had a black bodice with a plunging neckline and peplum-style waist.
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Participating performers and groups include Banana Bag & Bodice, Bread Arts Collective, Eliza Bent and Title: Point.
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Her dress featured French Chantilly lace and English Cluny lace throughout the bodice, skirt and underskirt
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At times, it revels in a kind of feminist reimagining of the bodice-ripping romance novel.
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It has black feathers on the bodice, which extend to wing-like protrusions from her shoulders.
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The dress featured rips along the length of the skirt and bodice for an edgy touch.
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The fuchsia strapless gown features a corset-style bodice and drop waist with floral embroidery throughout.
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Its bodice and skirt were made from tiered rows of sparkling fringe that reached her ankles.
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The bride wore a strapless silk taffeta ball gown with beaded bodice created by Reem Acra.
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Bodice, the winner of the Woolmark prize, wants to change how the world sees Indian fashion.
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Another Bunny-to-be, Lauren McFall, was being sewn into her bodice for the first time.
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Writing in The Times, A. O. Scott described this drama as an "Advanced Placement bodice-ripper."
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Lora Asenova, Miss Bulgaria, wore a baby-pink ensemble that featured a floral bodice and headpiece.
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She fingers one of the dresses, with a lace collar, sequins prettily embroidered down the bodice.
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But it was the embellished silver and feather details on the bodice that really had heads turning.
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The country superstar looked ravishing in red in a flowing gown with a cut-out, sequined bodice.
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She also doubled down on the "creative bra" motif with a sparkle-encrusted outline on the bodice.
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The bodice, for example, featured a criss-cross design, and its skirt was covered in speckled squares.
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It featured a single strap across Lima's left arm, as well a ruched bodice and short train.
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The second Mugler look was a figure-hugging white mini dress, that also featured a corseted bodice.
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The bosom-exposing bodice of Bebe Rexha's La Perla gown appeared too scant to accommodate a flower.
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So, I hiked the dress up, tucking the fabric under itself where the skirt meets the bodice.
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With its curve-hugging waist and flowing bodice, this gown has us dreaming of warmer summer days.
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The bodice of the dress featured a blazer design that was covered in tons of shimmering crystals.
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Albert may never rip Victoria's bodice, but he does eventually loosen it, to her delight and ours.
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One gown featured a lace bodice with cap sleeves, while the other had a classic sweetheart silhouette.
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She ended up choosing a strapless floral dress with a fitted bodice and flowing A-line skirt.
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Pearls were strategically placed across the suit's bodice, creating the appearance of belly-button and nipple piercings.
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The dress had puffy, off-the-shoulder sleeves, as well as crystal embellishments placed across the bodice.
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Or swoon with a couple of royal bodice-rippers starring Alan Rickman, Matthias Schoenaerts and Mads Mikkelsen.
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"Feel that satin interior," she said, running the back of her hand across its cream-colored bodice.
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The humble bodice winks at me, rolls over Sarah's shoulders and plunges straight down to her waist.
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The Givenchy Haute Couture gown featured a fringed skirt and a bodice covered in Swarovski crystals embroidery.
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At the 2019 Emmys, Zendaya arrived wearing a strapless gown with a green skirt and sheer bodice.
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Fast-forward 21 years, when Theron rocked a daring lime-green gown with a sheer black bodice.
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The outfit featured high-waisted, pleated shorts with a semicircle trim and a cropped, off-shoulder bodice top.
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Assistant costume designer Sinead O'Sullivan revealed that Belle's embroidered bodice was created by two Indian brothers from Gujarat.
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The dress was composed of French Chantilly lace and English Cluny lace throughout the bodice, skirt and underskirt.
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The gown was made with see-through, snakeskin-like detailing throughout the bodice, adding texture to the garment.
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Her red gown had bow-style sleeves, a ruched bodice, and skirt that extended into a short train.
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She walked the red carpet wearing a white Ralph & Russo gown with a single strap and ruched bodice.
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She chose a strapless gown with structural sweetheart neckline and silk gazar draped over the corset-style bodice.
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She chose a Monique Lhuillier strapless gown with structural sweetheart neckline, corset-style bodice and full ball skirt.
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At the reception, McPhee opted for a summery blue midi dress, also with a strapless bodice, reports People.
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Kate's dress was composed of French Chantilly lace and English Cluny lace throughout the bodice, skirt and underskirt.
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It had clearly been cut by a dancer — a tight structured bodice and a skirt to move in.
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Leto was a showstopper in a long sleeve silk red gown with diamond encrusted detail along the bodice.
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Give me a castle, a bodice, and some unbearably tearful family tension, and that's my Friday night sorted.
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In addition to the sheer paneling throughout, the bodice was very similar to Kardashian's wedding gown, as well.
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The bride-to-be wore the brand's glamorous black dress with a sheer bodice adorned with leaf embellishments.
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Stretchy black fabric comprised the rest of the dress, from a cutout bandeau bodice to the solid skirt.
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At first glance, the inside of the Ripped Bodice might appear to be any other independent book store.
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The star looked gorgeous in a white strapless Versace dress that featured lace and feathers throughout the bodice.
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The Ripped Bodice study reports that 3.9 percent of it 2016 romance books were written by nonwhite authors.
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Tempting though it is to call the film a bodice-ripper, that would be incorrect, for two reasons.
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For her crowning moment, Lauren Nelson wore a black gown with a French lace bodice and beaded bottom.
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Lora Asenova of Bulgaria looked glamorous in a baby-pink dress with a sheer bodice made of flowers.
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She paired the full skirt from her wedding gown with a pink crisscross bodice that featured a cutout.
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The actress arrived in a royal blue pleated gown featuring a fitted bodice and a sweeping train and cape.
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In their engagement photos, Meghan looked radiant in a Ralph & Russo gown featuring a sheer bodice and tulle skirt.
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The mother-to-be's costume featured a long platinum blonde wig with braids, fur coat and metallic silver bodice.
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The fascinating history of Russia's longest-serving female monarch, court intrigue and lusty bodice-ripping merely seal the deal.
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The bodice featured a vintage style lace panel and the dress carried a net petticoat with lace trim underneath.
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Amber's wedding dress has long sleeves and a tight bodice, which looks like the upper half of a pantsuit.
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The mother of three's ensemble was overdosed on fringe with silk strands mixed in with sequined neckline and bodice.
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I could tell right away from the structured corset bodice that this baby wasn't budging throughout the entire shoot.
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The star's Pre-Fall 2017 ensemble featured black and pastel panels with lace detailing along the bodice and skirt.
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Jovani satin peplum wedding gown Copy Banks' charming style with a high-neck lace bodice and loosely flowing skirt.
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The star chose a floral-print Zimmermann day dress featuring a plunging neckline, corset-style bodice and ruffled skirt.
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The rift leads to scheming and swordplay aplenty, with some time left over for old-fashioned bodice-ripping trysts.
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Jolie's pencil dress was asymmetrically draped with white silk crêpe and adorned with devoréd ostrich feathers on the bodice.
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Luciana, 43, spiced up her outfit with black jacket and pants and a red lace and low-cut bodice.
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For the red-carpet event, she wore a cream-colored maternity blouse with a tiered bodice and single sleeve.
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So she designed an outfit for herself, with a fitted bodice and flowing skirts — one that celebrated her pregnancy.
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Ms. Long wore a floor-length silver gown with a sparkling beaded bodice and a single strand of pearls.
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The dress also had a form-fitting bodice, which was covered in red sparkles, and a feather-covered skirt.
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Christian Dior invented a new silhouette called the "New Look," which featured an A-line skirt and fitted bodice.
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The details in the bodice are so perfect and the gold accessories are really the star of the look.
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She cradles her baby bump, which is visible under a dress with a floral-patterned skirt and black bodice.
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A new sleeveless ball gown in the Madison James Bridal Collection has an illusion bodice and a tulle skirt.
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She chose a strapless bubblegum pink Balmain Couture gown featuring a sculptural silver-accented bodice and a structured pleated skirt.
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Jolie, meanwhile, showed off her tattoos in a low-cut, strapless Dior Haute Couture gown with an accordion pleated bodice.
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Compared to other fan-fic romance, it feels sort of like an evolution of stereotypical bodice-ripper romance novel dynamics.
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Beyoncé's white Lanca Deep-V stretch-sateen bodysuit from Johanna Ortiz was accented with cap sleeves and ruched blouson bodice.
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Costume historian Jenny Tiramani (right) fits a bodice to the funeral effigy of Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey on Feb.
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As for the dress itself, it's a strapless gown with a fitted bodice, full skirt, and cream high-cut neckline.
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Her flirty, floral frock featured velvet detailing all throughout the skirt in addition to the scarlet flower on the bodice.
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This year Porter shined in a custom Giles Deacon couture ensemble that featured a bodice made of 24-karat gold.
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Kardashian West looked like liquid gold in her custom chainmail Versace dress featuring crosses embroidered on the bodice and hip.
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Or the cyborg Dolores in Westworld, whose cornflower blue bodice and skirt conceals a conflicted (and coincidentally, murderous) inner life.
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Fit for a princess, it features a partially exposed tulle skirt, a corset-cut silk bodice and embroidered gold beads.
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Bündchen wore a strapless lace Dolce & Gabbana gown with a bustier bodice and teamed with a romantic lace-trim veil.
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The custom silver Swarovski crystal-covered mini dress had a matching collar and clear Swarovski crystals dripping down the bodice.
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Bodice rippers are lush and sensory, as vital to feminist voyeurism as the cults-of-personality that dominate the conversation.
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She wore a fitted scarlet halter gown with a satin bodice, accented with ruffle details and a dangling neck scarf.
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As Adina Hoffman says, the style is all over the place—veering from modernist free association to pulpy bodice-ripping.
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The third look was a mini dress, that incorporated the same bodice top mixed with a circular tulle ballerina miniskirt.
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Bella wore a very similar look but in a vibrant red with a patent leather bodice and matching tulle skirt.
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In Moroni's painting "Isotta Brembati," the pattern of the sitter's dress expands in scale from the bodice to the skirt.
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Into the upper bodice of the woman's dress, he quietly positions symbols of planets, the sun, and the African continent.
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His 2020 Oscars look was "all about royalty": a golden, feather-like bodice paired with a billowing rust-orange skirt.
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The collection, including a skirt, bodice, bloomers, stockings and boots, were found by 63-year-old electrical engineer Roderick Williams.
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Made out of muslin, they are sewn between layers of mousseline and tulle, both on the bodice and the skirt.
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Without touching her, McTeer plucked a handkerchief out of her bodice and gave it to Kampouris to wipe her eyes.
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And yes, the massive bow is placed directly over his butt, accentuating a black strapless bodice in a mini length.
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Fiona Tenuta Vanerio of Uruguay sparkled in a bejeweled bodice and a gold back piece that looked like the sun.
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From Panama, Mehr Eliezer's ensemble looked like armor, complete with spikes protruding from the bottom of her bodice and back.
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In a time of constant darkness, it's nice to embrace a little over-the-top affection and mysterious bodice-ripping.
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Costar Williams took the more innovative route with an off-the-shoulder bodice and high-waisted trouser set from Gabriela Hearst.
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"The hand-draped bodice and sculptural peplum make an opulent statement," Chapman (below, fitting the gown to Vergara's curves) tells PEOPLE.
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Actress Felicity Huffman arrived at the award show in an on-theme golden jumpsuit, featuring an embellished bodice and white trousers.
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In the photo from Wonder Woman, Ence appears significantly more covered up, wearing a full protective bodice that hides her stomach.
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Bey has a black floral brooch on her ruffle-cuffed version, while Blue Ivy's sweet, summery dress has a pleated bodice.
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The dress featured a satin bodice, sheer tulle sleeves and matching drop earrings, plus her timeless signature curls and red lipstick.
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When she's in a public setting she has a corset on, she has a bodice on, she's got five skirts on.
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Herrera's idea to make it quite modern and fresh, and kind of use the shape of the Guggenheim on the bodice.
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Kardashian West, 37, looked like liquid gold in her custom chainmail Versace dress featuring crosses embroidered on the bodice and hip.
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Huntington-Whiteley's baby belly was on clear display in a blush-colored dress, featuring a ruffled bodice and high-low hemline.
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Another highlight is the gold straw embroidered silk bodice and full-skirted gown Dior designed for Britain's Princess Margaret's in 1951.
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Ryan also wore a long-sleeve sheer Roland Mouret gown with a high neckline, fitted bodice, flowing skirt and delicate embroidery.
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Swift opted for an ethereal pink Versace gown that featured a thigh-high slit and embellished silver details on the bodice.
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Her ensemble looked almost like a wedding dress thanks to its stark white color, off-the-shoulder neckline, and bedazzled bodice.
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The tea-length ensemble featured a black and white patterned bodice, with a white skirt accented by cascading blue details. Getty
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According to the Ripped Bodice survey, 2.8 percent of the books published in 2016 by Avon Romance were by nonwhite authors.
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The blue that glowed from the lapel of Mark Hamill's tuxedo and the bodice of Scarlett Johansson's Michael Kors evening suit.
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The dress, which once sold for a whopping $13,500, included puff-sleeves, a floor length skirt and a rhinestone-encrusted bodice.
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For the women, this meant a dirndl, a low-cut dress that often includes an apron and a lace-up bodice.
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Defending his exploits came as naturally to Casanova as slurping oysters from the bodice of a nun in a Venetian casino.
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As she twirled, Lizzo revealed that her dress had "Moschino's" written across the bodice, likely a reference to Hershey's chocolate bars.
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The dress had a white bodice, red insert at the waist and blue pencil skirt, the top covered in wheatlike appliqués.
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The gown features a net layering around the bodice meant to mimic the look of feathers Watson's Belle wears in her hair.
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Knowles Lawson, 64, looked radiant in a bodice-hugging white dress with a gold belt and carried a white bouquet of flowers.
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Roberto Cavalli designer Peter Dundas confirmed that he designed her couture wedding gown, which featured a lace-up bodice and bell sleeves.
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Her hair is a continuation of that text and on her bodice is a tiny image of St. George slaying the dragon.
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Rossi wore a white lace gown by Project Runway designer Michael Costello with an empire-waist bodice, plunging neckline and flowing sleeves.
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It featured an abstract asymmetric sleeve and strapless bodice that nipped at the waist and draped to a voluminous, floor-sweeping skirt.
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It features a bodice with loose-fitting sleeves and sleeve caps, and a full pleated skirt which is open at the front.
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The off the shoulder dress featured a ruched silk satin chiffon bodice with voluminous ball gown skirt made of Italian Silk Kalika.
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The two were performing "Rock Your Body" during the halftime show when Timberlake ripped off Jackson's bodice and revealed her right breast.
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It features a full skirt tightly gathered at waist with a fitted bodice featuring a scoop neckline and sportswear-inspired zippered back.
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For the event she wore a soft pink Prada dress featuring a buttoned bodice and belt as well as black Aquazzura pumps.
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When the presenter asked who designed her dress, a dramatic garment with a white bodice and sheer skirt, Ora immediately became flustered.
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Model Selita Ebanks wore a sheer violet gown with full sleeves and a ruffled bodice with an emerald tie around the waist.
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It featured an abstract asymmetric sleeve and strapless bodice that nipped at the waist and draped to a voluminous, floor-sweeping skirt.
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Kidman chose a Calvin Klein by Appointment crimson pleated A-line dress featuring a pleated bodice and a sparkling silver halter neckline.
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Perhaps 36 recalls the very flattering crossed bodice of the pale blue Catherine Walker Diana wore to the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
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In March, she designed a gold gown for Beyoncé with a bodice that seemed painted on and a train like a scrunchie.
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She just wrapped some yarn around herself to form a bodice, then artfully bunched more yarn into the shape of a skirt.
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The emotional intensity reads as internal to the characters, that of a bildungsroman rather than the sensational projections of a bodice ripper.
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Barbora Hodačová of the Czech Republic wore a blue bodice and red train with three-dimensional gold-leaf embellishments on her back.
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With asymmetrical draping and a lace bodice, the design was a visual feat: Ms. Stone looked as though she was partially undressed.
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And tonight at the Oscars, Aparicio wore another pastel, princessy gown: a tulle seafoam green dress with a sparkly bodice by Rodarte.
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Speaking of that engagement dress: It caused a bit of a stir when the photos came out because of its sheer bodice.
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But beneath its frilly, corseted bodice, it's a stone-cold revenge fantasy, a potent cocktail laced with toxic comedy and pungent desire.
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Next, it was on to a colorful sequin dress, which consisted of a pink and white striped bodice and an electric blue skirt.
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The off-shoulder dress featured a wrapped bodice, floor-length pleats and a billowing cape that gave her a dramatic, yet delicate look.
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It just gets more intense the higher it goes, with a bodice that hugs the waist and accentuates the bust with elaborate folds.
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Though they grouped together in the bodice, the bird outlines became more spread out and apparent near the illusion neckline and full skirt.
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Gadot wore a black and pink Givenchy gown that featured see-through lace on the bodice, which she paired with Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
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One particular dress, in different shades of vibrant and deep reds, hung upon a red fishnet bodice, was equal parts sensual and macabre.
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The dress featured a corset bodice with exposed boning and a full skirt, as well as a ruffle where the dropped-waist began.
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The outfit consisted of a 24-carat gold bodice, a ball gown-style skirt, metallic lace-up Jimmy Choo boots, and Swarovski jewelry.
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The bride wore an A-line, long-sleeve white gown featuring a high-necked lace bodice and flowing skirt with a long train.
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The Working Girl actress stunned in a one-shoulder gown with a lace ribbon running across the bodice, and dotted with black sequins.
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She wore a black column Escada gown with a white sash accent on the bodice, which is currently available to rent on Armarium.com.
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The bride chose a champagne-color strapless gown by Romona Keveža featuring a hand draped tulle bodice and flowing skirt with pearl beading.
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The knots you see along the bodice of several dresses are supposed to be little rough-hewn, but with aspirations of something fancier.
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Sarah Paulson also wore one of his designs on the carpet in her hot pink pleated ball gown with cutouts at the bodice.
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The sculptural bodice wrapped and folded around the star for a silhouette that exposed an orchid lining, in addition to a sexy slit.
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Last but not least, Kim looked like liquid gold in her custom chainmail Versace dress featuring crosses embroidered on the bodice and hip.
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Kate bared her shoulders in the stunning dress, which featured a Bardot neckline, fitted bodice and full tiered skirt with black satin ribbon.
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It takes a specific presence to make a sheer bodice with bumblebees flying across the boobs work, and Janelle Monáe is that presence.
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It looks as though it's glowing from the inside, with the pop of red and orange sequins in the middle of the bodice.
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Meanwhile, DUST vocalist Greem Jellyfish swayed in between them like a specter, wearing a space blanket draped over a full bodice grass skirt.
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Lela Rose, who debuted her collection in a charming Greenwich Village park, showed a dotted tulle tiered gown with a ballet-inspired bodice.
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Her white dress was designed by Georges Hobeika, and featured a sparkling bodice above a semi-sheer skirt with a thigh-high slit.
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The appliqué on the skirt and bodice of the dress was handmade by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace.
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The lace bodice has a wide neck and long sleeves, and wait, as I walk around her, who forgot to attach the back?
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The Valentino gown features a sheer turtleneck bodice with what appears to be statues embracing on top rose decals over a pleated skirt.
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For the Critics' Choice Awards in December, Ms. Kidman wore a sharp black gown with cutout bodice by the young designer Brandon Maxwell.
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The 34-year-old star paired the skirt with a pink crisscross bodice that had a cutout in the center and spaghetti straps.
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But beneath its frilly, corseted bodice, it's a stone-cold revenge fantasy, laced with a potent cocktail of toxic comedy and pungent desire.
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That was Hynes's favorite item to work on, and the fact that the petals were designed to be positioned that particular way created a unique set of challenges: "When the yoke or basque of the tutu connects to the bodice, we had to but the skirt on top of the bodice, which is the complete opposite of a traditional tutu," she explained.
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With her arms and bodice dripping in sparkling embellishments and her legs covered in intricate floral appliqué, the mother of three looked absolutely regal.
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Equally imaginative was big brother Jacob's costume: Predator, which included tons of colors and intricate detailing around the mask/hood, bodice and shoe covers.
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A pregnant Margo Price, wearing a flowing red chiffon dress with silver stars at the bodice, saluted the Grammys for including more female artists.
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The British model and actress, 24, opted for a strapless black Saint Laurent minidress featuring a keyhole cutout and silver embellishment on the bodice.
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It's nearly impossible to forget the stunning Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen gown with its v-neck bodice, extravagant train, and delicate lace sleeves.
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The star's Reem Acra gown came complete with an ornately embellished bodice, which framed her six-pack and even sparkled from the back view.
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Though the pieces are listed under different names, the resemblance — from the cap-sleeves to the lace bodice to the empire waist — is uncanny.
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The long-sleeved dress wraps into a tuxedo-like bodice and a long, sparkly cape — all made possible with a whopping 4 million beads.
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Guminiak also tweeted that she created the strapless bodice using a pattern from Gertie's Ultimate Dress Book before adding the darling straps and skirt.
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In advance of the sure to be bodice-ripping Season 2 finale next Saturday, watch the first 12 episodes, shown back-to-back here.
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The corset bodice looks very similar to the ice queen's blue dress in the film, but this one is definitely not suitable for kids.
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Between Dresher and Janey's brown-toned lip colors and Union's bedazzled-bodice-satin-skirt combo, these women were totally on-trend at the time.
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I took an immediate dislike to one of the garments—a short pink dress with black swirling lines on its gathered skirt and bodice.
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"The Queen of the Night" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Alexander Chee's second novel, fifteen years in the making, is a sort of postmodern bodice ripper.
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Miss Idaho 2005 Tracey Renee Brown danced in a colorful tutu and beaded bodice during the preliminary competition for the 2006 Miss America pageant.
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It was modeled by Reese Witherspoon in an Oscar de la Renta ball gown, strapless again, with a boned bodice that ended in asymmetrical poufs.
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In addition to the bodice, its breezy ivory fabric, puffed sleeves, and floral accents are reminiscent of an eyelet lace dress once worn by Ratajkowski.
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The Tuesday night Winfield House dinner dress was also by Givenchy, though it was long and bright red and flowy, with sequins on the bodice.
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Munn's stylist added an extra semi-sheer lacy garment on the bodice to transform it from the mini dress that was modeled during fashion week.
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So the teenager donned a frost-blue, exaggerated mermaid dress with a sheer bodice, embellished with gems and feathers lining the hem of her train.
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Featuring a pleated, midi-length skirt and a simple spaghetti-strapped faux-wrap bodice, the look was in line with Markle's usual understated personal style.
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On Sunday, he glided onto the red carpet in a sleeveless, high-neck, gold-foil-feathered bodice and billowing graphic skirt inspired by Kensington Palace.
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" Left: "This was the opening look for my spring collection — an ocher and coral twist-bodice dress with seashell hand-embroidery done by Indian artisans.
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The actress stunned on the red carpet in a seafoam sequin gown with strips of sparkles from her bodice and in the carwash-style skirt.
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Céline, who is 23 (younger than me), and Benjamin, who's hiding behind a bodice of gargantuan tulle but looks to be in his mid-30s.
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I hope to use just the bodice of my mom's wedding dress (with her enthusiastic blessing) and create a custom skirt to go with it.
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It took a trip to L.A.'s romance-only bookstore the Ripped Bodice for Lenker to realize the genre could be a feminist, progressive space.
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The actress arrived in a Dior Haute Couture gown featuring knotted straps, a wrapped, form-fitting bodice, and a full gray and white tulle skirt.
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Host Naomi Campbell turned heads in a blush Atelier Versace gown which featured jeweled embellishments around the neckline and bodice before flowing to the ground.
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It was a classic princess A-line style featuring an opulent skirt and a sheer bodice covered in delicate appliqués along the neckline and sleeves.
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And she chose the dress as a special tribute her hit album: The bodice of her gown resembles the fan on the Golden Hour cover.
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The shape and the overlays on the bodice feel really modern to me at the same time as the scale and overall silhouette feels traditional.
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Mara first sparked pregnancy rumors at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards, where she rocked a billowing gown featuring a bodice with a cut-out center.
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The Portuguese actress proved that vertical stripes can work in a formal setting with this Armani Privé dress, with a striped skirt and embellished bodice.
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The original design was completely sheer, but a nude panel of fabric was added to the bodice of Middleton's dress for a more modest look.
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In the modern era, it can mean a short skirt or full flounce attached to a bodice or jacket, and meant to cover the hips.
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In newly-released photos, the bride, 29, was spotted wearing an off-the-shoulder Reformation ivory gown with a fitting bodice and slightly flared trumpet skirt.
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After the ceremony, Rodriguez got ready to party as she switched into another gown featuring a sheer corset bodice with pearls intricately placed throughout the design.
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She honored the theme "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" with a custom gold chainmail Versace dress featuring crosses embroidery on the bodice and hip.
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The mother of two chose a white one-shoulder high-slit gown by Rosie Assoulin that was accented with black detailing along the neckline and bodice.
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The 34-year-old singer wore a bodice beneath the black gown for slight coverage, which featured striped detailing that added to the ensemble's sexy vibe.
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The gown, which featured a huge skirt and pouffy sleeves, is made from ivory duchesse satin and featured a scoop neckline, beaded bodice and billowing sleeves.
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What makes the otherwise covered-up (long-sleeve, floor-length) gown so sexy is the accentuated plunging neckline, waist-cinching ruched bodice and body-skimming fabric.
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The first was a "fairy tale ball gown" with plunging illusion neckline, sheer sleeves and beaded handmade appliqués along the bodice with a full ball skirt.
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The puff-sleeve gown featured a whopping 2,000 pearl embellishments, which were worked into the pastel floral detailing around the bodice and bottom of the dress.
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The Modern Family actress rolled up at the Emmys in trousers and a longline bodice top that offered a new interpretation of the once-loved silhouette.
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The creation (pictured above), with its completely sheer lace skirt and heavily embellished bodice, is perhaps not the most practical option, but it sure is cool.
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The voluminously-skirted gown is positively decked out, including an intricately-beaded, sheer paneled bodice with bird embellishments, plus a bejeweled choker, also by Elie Saab.
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To pair with the dress's lace bodice and form-fitting dark floral skirt, Lawrence added lace-up black Jimmy Choo heels and minimal jewelry. AKM-GSI
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If bold color is not your thing, you can try an all-white look like photographer Lia Clay with just one rainbow stripe across the bodice.
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The gold-sequenced catsuit was complete with an embellished bodice featuring the face of a lion, with massive feathers cascading over her shoulders as its mane.
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Walking down the aisle at the Esperanza luxury resort, the barefoot bride stunned in a flowing Berta gown, complete with a lace bodice and high slit.
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Sitting with her arm casually draped across the back of a parlor chair, she's wearing an elegant bodice and a full skirt with a fitted waist.
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To debut the ring, she stuck to her signature aesthetic in a romantic halter-style ball gown with elaborate ruffle detail along the bodice and neckline.
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Ted Baker will be offering 50 percent discounts all weekend on party-ready bits like a lace-bodice dress with a full skirt ($259, originally $519).
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For every "Downton Abbey" fan who longed for Lady Mary to let her bodice rip once and for all, Michelle Dockery has a series for you.
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As she spoke, the high school junior felt the lace on the bodice of her dress, then gathered the tulle of the skirt in her hand.
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A long black dress from 1999 by Olivier Theyskens, its bodice incised with a cruciform gap, stands between painted limestone statues of Saints Margaret and Petronilla.
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She walked the red carpet in a white Georges Hobeika gown, which had a sparkling bodice, semi-sheer skirt, and a single sleeve made from feathers.
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Adele resembled the matron of honor at a midcentury royal wedding in a green Givenchy dress with checkerboarded cross bodice, plissé skirt and Swiss-dot sleeves.
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Shayk wore a gorgeous gold gown with a plunging crystal-covered bodice and a feathery tiered skirt with a daringly high slit, along with a matching choker.
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Hugging Amal's fabulous figure was a sparkly dress — from the designer's Resort 2018 collection — which included a sweetheart neckline, sheer corset bodice, and a fringe detailed skirt.
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Lawrence wore white for the event, pairing a dress with a structured bodice that fell below her knees with a pair of strappy silver heels and clutch.
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The bodice is a boat neck with long lace sleeves in a French Chantilly lace and follows through to a low V back in sheer Chantilly lace.
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For the dinner, Serena wore a floor-length gown with a rhinestone and sequin-encrusted, halter top bodice with a keyhole cutout and a flowing red skirt.
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Bundy chose a custom Sherri Hill gown that featured all-over lace, beading along the bodice, a strapless sweetheart neckline and a long, elegant mermaid-style train.
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Band of red ribbon across bodice from right shoulder to under left arm, with leather attached; letters falling from feather fan; head-dress cap like pigeon's head.
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Johansson wore a champagne-colored Oscar de la Renta gown with a transparent bodice, chain detailing, and a dramatic train, while Jost chose a classic black tuxedo.
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The metallic gown featured a nude, netted corset bodice that was covered with sparkling silver threads, some of which hung down her back and grazed the floor.
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On the red carpet, she wore a Jean Paul Gaultier black ball gown that featured a fitted bodice, a sheer cross cutout, and a full ball skirt.
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The sheer look extended up to her hip and then around her bodice, though there were pieces of fabric strategically placed to cover all the necessary areas.
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The orange-haired songstress wore a short-sleeved fitted bodice with a ballgown skirt, before changing into a white t-shirt emblazoned with Gilbert's name in red.
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Nyong'o, 33, wore a vibrant canary-and-cobalt strapless dress with intricate flora detailing on the bodice, and accessorized the formfitting look with a matching blue headdress.
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Frantic, Sophia runs back to her apartment and spends hours hunched over the dress, hand-stitching each bead back onto the bodice of the vintage silk dress.
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At the show, the supermodel wore a structured lavender Atelier Versace dress with a woven bodice and sequin pleats, that few other women could ever pull off.
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When it came time for the reception, the star changed into a second wedding look: a white Versace dress that featured lace and feathers throughout the bodice.
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The long-sleeved, high-neck dress was made almost entirely from black lace, though two velvet panels were placed on the front and back of the bodice.
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In keeping with local custom, the bride wore a white dirndl, a traditional dress common in southern Germany and Austria with a tight bodice and full skirt.
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Jenna Coleman stars as a decidedly unstodgy 18-year-old Queen Victoria — spunky, doe-eyed and modern — in this new bodice-ripper from the British network ITV.
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The actress, 42, attended the film's New York City premiere at the Director's Guild Theater in an elegant, strapless Dior Haute Couture gown with an accordion pleated bodice.
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And the recreation looks spot-on — it has the very '90s rounded bustier neckline, corset-style bodice and thigh-high slit with ruched skirt just like the original.
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Underwood switched into a bold cobalt blue gown with a sparkly lace bodice and flowing velvet skirt when she accepted her award for female vocalist of the year.
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In memory of Catherine, the design house adopted the butterfly as its the emblem, and a set of delicate monochrome butterflies decorate the bodice of a crepe dress.
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The star chose a royal blue off-the-shoulder, long-sleeve gown with a low neckline, ruffled embellishment on the bodice and sleeves and body-skimming, fishtail silhouette.
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Davy wore a long black dress with a strip of mesh panelling above the knees and a sparkly bodice, which she accessorized with a short-sleeve black jacket.
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The Office star walked out for her interview with Kimmel wearing a terrycloth white towel covering her bodice, with a pair of blue jeans, heels and diamond earrings.
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The star switched from her embellished Reem Acra gown with its full tulle skirt into short and sweet Hayley Paige mini with a lace bodice and feathered skirt.
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On their first evening together, Jamie and Claire come together in a way that's sweet and intimate, but also absolutely a bodice-ripping romance novel come to life.
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In Room 111 in a popular hotel in Berlin's Friedrichshain district stands a rubber doll in a full-body latex suit, ruffled skirt, bodice, and tight rubber corset.
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But it was backstage, with one of the actors worriedly checking out his warts — right after a gratuitous onstage boob shot when stage Tyrion ripped stage Sansa's bodice.
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All were smiling as they posed for photographers, Leoni standing between her kids in a black gown with elbow-length sleeves, a velvet skirt, and a sparkly bodice.
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The star of The Color Purple on Broadway, Cynthia Erivo, wore a black ballgown with a velvet bodice with a deep blue beauty look to set it off.
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Cox constantly delivers on the red carpet, but this dreamy lavender tulle skirt and black corset bodice by Christian Siriano is one of her all-time greatest looks.
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The actress, 35, wore a custom color-block Brandon Maxwell gown featuring an off-the-shoulder hot pink bodice and body-skimming red skirt with a high slit.
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The Sinner actress, 36, shined bright in a flowing strapless yellow Ralph & Russo gown, with a sweetheart neckline bodice and a train of long fabric draped over her shoulders.
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For the final outfit, Ferragni changed into a mini dress, which appeared to be a convertible gown, with the same bodice top mixed with a circular tulle ballerina miniskirt.
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When they dressed in a dress that was really tight in the bodice and sleeves and full in the skirt they were making themselves look like a Gothic arch.
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The original gown featured a white and black bodice and a white skirt, but Swennen worked with her tailor to switch the white to black to support the movement.
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Murgatroyd came down the aisle on the arm of her father in a romantic ball gown with an off-the-shoulder fitted bodice and multi-tiered, full gathered skirt.
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The L.A.-born actress opted for a scene-stealing gown with a sheer bodice with embroidered details and a tiered ruffle skirt from the British-based label Ralph & Russo.
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Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline and granddaughter of Princess Grace (formerly Grace Kelly), wore a custom Saint Laurent gown that featured a pink sequined bodice and black skirt.
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Her Feretti dress featured an off-the-shoulder neckline with plenty of décolletage, a curve-hugging bodice, and a thigh-high slit for an extra dose of sex appeal.
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First, Matt Damon's wife Luciana Barroso arrived wearing a bold red gown with a faux-wrap effect that accented her waist, and featured a plunging neckline and embellished bodice.
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One of the women is voluptuous, pink and Rubenesque; the other is distinctly yellow (Gauguin's Tahitians, but also "The Simpsons") and wears a cap and a chest-flattening bodice.
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In "Christ and the Adulteress" (circa 1618-22), Pharisees in contemporary armor look every which way as the accused woman's bodice droops down, and Jesus kneels in the dirt.
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Each time I see him slip into his dress — it has Elsa's face on the bodice — I pray that she uses her magic to zap my tongue with frostbite.
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The British model Edie Campbell closed the show in a new rendition of the designer's signature: a pink cotton tiered dress with a ruched bodice and an open back.
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In this narrow range of ambiguous emotional indicators, the slightly cocked head and pursed lips of "Portrait Bust with Dark Gray Bodice" (2018) registers heightened attentiveness tinged with skepticism.
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The singer/actress brought it in a Georges Hobeika golden jumpsuit -- with a lion face on the bodice that featured golden feathers as the cat's mane -- and a golden cape.
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The O.C. alum posed for the cameras outside of the festival's 70th anniversary party, showing off her high-low dress, which featured a leather-like bodice, and strappy back details.
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Bailey, 51, was a golden warrior queen in a blonde wig and gold crown, a dazzling statement necklace and a flowing dress with a fitted gold bodice and white skirt.
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Paris wore a sultry, see-through mesh gown with a snake embellishment across the bodice, while Prince kept it more casual in a black t-shirt and matching bomber jacket.
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She wore the design, which featured embroidered with floral details along the bodice and stain glass-like images along the skirt, with a matching Dior bra and boy shorts underneath.
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It had the perfect drop-waist bodice, because when you're a short girl wearing a ballgown, you have to be careful about it cutting you off on the wrong lines.
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Zoë Kravitz also opted for a feathery look, although a much more colorful one, choosing a Dior Haute Couture gown with a black feathered bodice and technicolor feathered rainbow skirt.
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Finally, Gabrielle went full-blown glam, pulling her hair into an up-do to go with this black cut-out column gown with a snakeskin-print halter neckline and bodice.
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Her outfit is even more flamboyant than the one in the previous painting — a black, caped number with large purple ruffles on the bodice and the hems of her tights.
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The AI system then writes sentences and compares them to those it has read, trying to get closer and closer to the style and tone of best-selling bodice rippers.
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The fit-and-flare shape is a go-to for red carpets and formal events, so it's just as common as a corset-bodice princess gown or a bombshell halter.
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Jacobs pointed out a "Raphael" that figures in The Dark Corner from 1946, which would be more believable as the cover of a Renaissance Fair-set bodice ripper romance novel.
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McEntire dug out a red, "very revealing" turtleneck dress with flared sleeves and jeweled bodice to perform her 1993 hit, "Does He Love You" alongside her daughter-in-law, Clarkson.
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From the sparkly v-neck bodice to the layers of cascading tulle, all she needs is a glittery headpiece and she'll be well on her way to Disney princess-dom.
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The bodice, with jewel neckline and long sleeves, was made of beautiful Art Deco-inspired French lace with delicate patterning, flower motifs and microbeading on the meticulously hand-embroidered fabric.
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The bodice, with jewel neckline and long sleeves, was made of beautiful Art Deco-inspired French lace with delicate patterning, flower motifs and microbeading on the meticulously hand-embroidered fabric.
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She turned to Pedram Couture for a custom gown, settling on a flowing nude illusion gown with floral appliqués up her low-cut bodice and sleeves, and a blush skirt.
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The bodice-ripper returns: Season 2, based on "Dragonfly in Amber," by Diana Gabaldon, finds Claire and Jamie trying to infiltrate the Jacobite rebellion and prevent the battle of Culloden.
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For her first state dinner, she pulled a 16-year-old Galanos from her closet, which the designer then updated by adding satin straps to the previously strapless beaded bodice.
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Kensington Publishing, a family business founded in 1974 that publishes about 650 trade, mass-market, electronic and hardcover books each year, drew the highest rank on the Ripped Bodice report.
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Indeed, Bodice Studio shatters many stereotypes of Indian design as shaped by its Bollywood-influenced bridal market or the rapturous kitsch excesses of diaspora designers like Manish Arora and Ashish.
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The embroidery was hand stitched in a technique original to him that shaped the fabric as it was sewn, and the silhouette of the bodice was sculpted as a result.
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The gown includes thousands of embroidered flower clusters, a corseted bodice and a skirt that mimics a bloom, opening to a pair of cigarette pants also made from the curtain.
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Though she loves a good sheath, she stepped outside of her comfort zone with a flouncy Azzedine Alaïa dress featuring a full skirt, fitted bodice and cropped jacket in 2014. 2015
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According to photos she shared on Instagram, Marcille wore a strapless Galia Lahav ballgown with a heart-shaped neckline, fitted sheer bodice, and a full skirt — all adorned with lace appliqués.
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Johansson's slinky silver Oscar de la Renta gown featured a netted corset bodice that was covered with sparkling silver threads, some of which hung down her back and grazed the floor.
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She was the only child of free-spirited, hippie parents — her mother and stepfather ran an auction company — and entertained herself with paperback bodice-rippers she bought at the grocery store.
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The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 37, looked stunning in a gold chainmail Versace dress featuring crosses embroidered on the bodice and hip at the 20163 Met Gala red carpet.
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Lively paid homage to the 2018 Met Gala theme, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," wearing a custom Versace gown featuring regal embroidery, a bejeweled bodice and a full skirt.
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The pop star worked closely with designer Jeremy Scott for Moschino on creating her custom silver Swarovskicrystal-covered mini dress with matching collar and clear Swarovski crystals dripping down the bodice.
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The pale blue outfit is a true work of art: the Insecure actress revealed it took 100 hours for the team to construct and includes 3,000 stunning crystals on the bodice.
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The backless, long-sleeved black and white look is constructed from beaded lace, which comprises the sheer bodice and sleeves, and scuba material, which was used for the photo-printed panels.
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Its sleek, clean lines and structured bodice still resemble that of its mother tote, but the bag now comes with an adjustable strap so you can wear it as a crossbody.
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We Need Bodice-Ripper Sex Ed "Romance novels taught me that sexual pleasure was something women could not just hope for but insist upon," states the writer of this Opinion essay.
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The pros executed a simplistic, pared-down look that let the actor's natural features shine and framed the rose-stem ink running up her back between her shoulders and red bodice.
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Her studies there forced her to postpone wedding planning until this year, with many decisions, including the selection of her long-sleeved Monique Lhuillier gown with lace bodice and open back.
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The Euphoria actress, 23, made her Emmy Awards debut with fiery red hair and a Vera Wang green gown with a sheer bodice and silk skirt with a sky-high split.
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Yet, while the tapering small-waisted form of the light brown "Samurai 2896" suggests an armored, crouched combatant, it also evokes the triangular bodice and full overskirt of an Elizabethan gown.
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For the couple's rehearsal dinner, the duo wore matching bright red outfits, with Ka'oir in a ballgown with embellished bodice and the groom in a red suit with layers of diamond necklaces.
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The bodice of the gown is structured, creating a streamlined V cut from the shoulders down to right above the bellybutton (where it's secured by a band or panel of some sort).
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She previously turned heads at the "Bad Boys for Life" premiere in Hollywood in January, wearing a glamorous white Georges Hobeika dress that was covered in feathers and featured a glittering bodice.
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Luddington, 35, chose a custom-fit couture gown by Mira Zwillinger featuring a strapless corseted bodice with sweetheart-style neckline, mermaid silhouette with flared skirt made from silk organza, georgette and tulle.
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The custom dress by British designer Giles Deacon featured a cap sleeve, high neckline and featured a corseted bodice with draping to the front and a heart-shaped detail at the back.
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Her stunning gown, which featured a fitted bodice and full skirt, was designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, who founded the British-based label Peter Pilotto, in London in 2007.
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She modeled two elegant, traditional wedding gowns (provided by Ava Laurenne Bride) one, a tiered princess ballgown with beaded bodice and a second romantic all-over lace number, paired with Somersall jewels.
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But when flashbulbs caught sight of the back, there was a sartorial surprise: Fun, whimsical designs trailed along the train and of her dress, going all the way up to the bodice.
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Bodice rippers are suspended in a gendered cultural framework somewhere between sword-and-sandals historical epics (think Vikings orThe Last Kingdom) and the current pantheon of body-as-comedic-currency feminist narratives.
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And for a wedding day luncheon, Barbara chose a gorgeous Carolina Herrera gown featuring lilac straps and floral appliqués on the bodice, rounding out a weekend of wearing all American-based brands.
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THE dress — a floor-length blue-on-white petal print with little round buttons up the bodice and a tight collar — is tiny, tailored for a woman 13 feet 21 inches tall.
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Janie Taylor has outfitted Ms. Peck and Mr. Fairchild in identical green; but Ms. Peck's long-sleeved attire features a peculiarly long Edwardian bodice on top of a brief pink flapper skirt.
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This isn't a genre-bending bodice-ripper about a one-dimensional historical heartthrob who's merely wish-fulfillment for viewers and a damsel in distress who finds herself lost in 18th-century Scotland.
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About a week ago, the LA-based Ripped Bodice, the nation's only all-romance bookstore, shipped Roberts 20 copies of every book on the Jackson School District summer reading list, Roberts said.
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The Queen's granddaughter's dress was designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos and developed "layer by layer," featuring a fitted bodice, full pleated skirt, and neckline that folds around the shoulders.
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But not even a queen can resist Mr. Cullen's furtive seduction as the Templar Knight Landry in "Knightfall," the latest sword-clashing, bodice-ripping addition to History's Wednesday-night lineup, premiering Dec.
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One collection par excellence is 1992's "Les Cow-boys," which includes an ensemble featuring a devil-red bodice, crotchless chaps, and a cowboy hat — all dripping in ruby gemstones and crystals.
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Her stunning gown, which featured a fitted bodice and full pleated skirt, was designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, who founded the British-based label Peter Pilotto, in London in 2007.
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Anderson, Franco and Tyson were spotted at the AMBI charity gala at the Ritz-Carlton, where Anderson wowed in a flowing, soft blush gown highlighted by an elegant rose swirl on its bodice.
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The bodice was supplied by the Queen's tailor, William Jones according to Elizabeth's own pattern, and was made especially for the effigy, which was carried on the hearse at her funeral in 1603.
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"We got to work with the elements they already had and tie in what we wanted: The high-low, the volume, and the tight bodice, which was actually a body suit," says Reilly.
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In the workroom, a seamstress shows me how a fabric is cut from the toile and prepared for embroidery (L); the bodice of a jacket being measured to be fitted with arms (R).
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Catherine wore a curve-hugging black midi dress featuring a bodysuit style bodice with sheer sleeves and skirt, while Carys wore an off-the-shoulder floral-print crop top with high-waisted trousers.
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The American actress wore a glamorous black dress with a sheer bodice adorned with leaf embellishments in a photo where she and Harry are sitting on steps, with Meghan leaning into her man.
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Before her big day, Reid wore an elegant white jumpsuit to the rehearsal featuring a sheer bodice with embellished cape and white pants (worn with ShoeDazzle pumps) that took three weeks to create.
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And at the after-party she had a third Vera Wang design of the night – a crimson strapless mermaid gown with a hand-draped bodice, inverted flange skirt and embroidered crystal wheat detail.
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Eugenie's stunning gown, which featured a fitted bodice and full pleated skirt, was designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, who founded the British-based label Peter Pilotto, in London in 2007.
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For the red carpet, she chose a nude tulle Valentino Haute Couture gown that nodded to her award-winning album: The bodice of her gown resembled the fan on the Golden Hour cover.
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Displayed in a side gallery of the cavernous Henry Ford Museum outside Detroit, the bodice was covered with the kind of bird-quill ornamentation that might find roost on an Alexander McQueen runway.
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How do a virgin Scotsman, son of a laird, and an English nurse, dropped in the middle of his time by providence, join to rip her bodice and change history in the process?
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Designed with a fit-and-flare shape, pearl-embellished buttons, and, of course, Eadie's signature stacked bows down the bodice, the dress is truly an emulation of her more-is-more, ladylike style.
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Her name is Frances Welty and Moriarty initially planned to just tell the story through Frances — a twice-married extrovert and writer of bodice-ripping romances whose mischievous sense of humor resembles Moriarty's.
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For her 2012 rose gown, hundreds of pink and red roses — which were crafted by hand and slowly painted to achieve the right color — cascade down the bodice and skirt of the dress.
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There's a heart worked into the lace pattern, a good six inches of symbolism right there on the bodice, as though a happy girl in a pretty dress doesn't quite convey endless love.
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Kendall wore a strapless Paule Ka gown with a ruched bodice and gathered skirt; she accessorized the look with matching snakeskin heels and the model accessory du jour, layers upon layers of glittery chokers.
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" One striking plot point involves Lisa falling in love — with a dress: "a froth of red pin-spotted white organza with a low neck, a tight bodice, a few deep ruffles over the shoulders.
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Instead, they wore what was called a bodie, similar to a bodice, made out of heavy wool lined both with linen and a stiff material similar to burlap, allowing it to keep its shape.
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Bates, 19, wore an A-line, long-sleeve white gown with a high-necked lace bodice and flowing skirt with a long train, according to photos posted to the UPtv reality series' Instagram page.
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Finalists Chris Bevans of DYNE and Matthew Miller of his namesake label took home the awards for menswear and innovation, respectively, while Indian designer Ruchika Sachdeva snatched the womenswear prize for her brand Bodice.
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We hadn't spent much time on it — it was above the price range my mom had set — but I'd noticed its sparkly skirt and bodice in passing while trying on more conservative dress options.
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The dress not only gave the illusion of being completely sheer with corsetry throughout the bodice, but also featured a wave of silver sequins and an explosion of ruffles and feathers around the hem.
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Her stunning bridal gown, which featured a fitted bodice and full pleated skirt, was designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, who founded the British-based label Peter Pilotto, in London in 2007.
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With its puff sleeves, fitted bodice and ballgown silhouette, her vibrant Loewe gown is all glamour – but the shocking pink color, matching lip and perfectly-chosen Bulgari jewelry keeps the look youthful and modern.
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Lawrence sported the "underwear as outerwear" trend the KarJenner family has come to know and love with her $1,924 La Perla black bodice featuring obliques-baring stomach cutouts without anything over top of it.
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The jaw-dropping confection featured a fitted bodice with a sweetheart neckline and billowing tulle skirt, which Chopra paired with 16 carats of Chopard jewels, including an oval-shaped diamond drop on her head.
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In a dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 1995 collection, for instance, the sporty black jersey of the bodice contrasts with a sumptuous red-and-gold brocade skirt reminiscent of a kimono's obi sash.
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Pink wore a long white tiered ruffled gown with a black belt at the waist, while Willow went darker in a multi-length navy dress with a glittery bodice — and matching tiara, of course.
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The "color" in question: a $3,600 Gucci double-breasted A-line coat featuring a white bodice, blue sleeves and red collar, which she accessorized with a bright red bucket hat, matching gloves and handbag.
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Before hitting the red carpet in her liquid gold chainmail Atelier Versace gown featuring crosses embroidered on the bodice and hip, Kardashian West, 37, went on the 10-day Sunfare Optimal Cleanse to prepare.
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" Dr. Mahanes then turned to Ms. Leas, who was wearing an ivory Hayley Paige A-line gown with a beaded bodice, flowing chiffon skirt and T-strap back, and continued: "Sean admires your courage.
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" By the time it appears in "The Bell Jar," however, the dress is a symbol of dashed illusions, "a skimpy, imitation silver-lamé bodice stuck on to a big, fat cloud of white tulle.
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The materials I would use are silk satin for the bodice and skirt of the dress; for the sleeves and trims around the dress, I would use Alençon lace to add depth and contrast.
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Soon thereafter, Ms. Namusoosa, in full bridal regalia with a bodice of lace and a waist-length veil, floated like a queen across the earthen floor, trailed by bridesmaids chosen from the local schools.
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Ms. Espinoza wore a black calf-length dress (the bodice decorated with white embroidery) which exposed most of her back; Mr. Missé touched one or the other of her shoulder blades with wonderful delicacy.
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Horizontal stitching covers the bodice and back of the jacket, the shoulder to forearm area creates an arrow design, ending at the elbow, that drops into a solid sleeve and gathers at the wrist.
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In the Declaration exhibit, there's a busk, a piece of wood that stiffens a dress bodice, carved with revolutionary symbolism by an American prisoner of war held on a prison ship in Nova Scotia.
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According to a yearly publishing survey by the romance store The Ripped Bodice, works by authors of color made up less than 10% of the titles published by most major romance imprints in 2018.
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Like Ms. Di Santo, many designers abandoned the provocative cutouts, plummeting necklines and transparencies they once favored for high collars, covered arms, bodice-concealing wraps, hooded capes, gloves and other totems of bridal decorum.
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Trump's inauguration gown, with its undulant strip of gazar at the bodice and a slit that traveled saucily from hip to hem, is the first important dress he has created under his own name.
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Janelle Monáe, on the other hand, kept her full ball gown glamour going all night long, beginning with an Elie Saab Couture gown with a sheer and sequin-embellished bodice and a full tulle skirt.
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The star's ruffled black halter had corset-inspired laces up the bodice and a super-high-cut asymmetrical skirt — two things that practically begged for a pair of tricky, tied-up-the-legs DSquared2 stilettos.
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Cruz walked the carpet at the Everybody Knows premiere with husband Javier Bardem in a black curve-hugging gown with structured bodice and a long, full skirt that was accentuated with sheer ruffled appliqués throughout.
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The tightness of the bodice also flattened out the stomach, accentuating the hips so one could pull off that hourglass figure — considered to be the ideal of beauty — even if one wasn't born with it.
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PHOTOS: THE BAFTA AWARDS' BOLD ALL-BLACK RED CARPET Lawrence joined the other stars who wore black in support of the Time's Up movement in a black strapless dress with a squared-off structured bodice.
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Her black ball gown featured a fitted bodice and a sheer cross cutout, a full ball skirt, black veil, cross-adorned crown and she finished the look off carrying a black flower in her hand.
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The presenter arrived to the 2018 Academy Awards wearing a cream gown with a fitted bodice and full skirt, plus a black cape with black-and-gold embroidery throughout that has a very touching backstory.
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Fanning hit the carpet wearing a bright multicolored pop art gown from Versace's Spring/Summer 2018 collection featuring renderings of Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe painting and crystal accents at the top of the bodice.
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Bodice rippers, however, are far from mindless guilty-pleasure television; these delightfully frothy, heaving-bosom period melodramas offer viewers as much sexy escapism as more "prestigious" fare like Game of Thrones or House of Cards.
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For her second look of the night, Harris went for some more drama, wearing this ballgown with a sequin bodice, stripes and swirls, plus a sparkling necklace and Edie Parker clutch at the InStyle party.
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"Spliced with sheer panels on both sides and covered in so many beads that it took 600 hours to embroider the bodice alone, there was no chance that Lively's entrance would go unnoticed," Vogue reported.
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On the Friday before Labor Day Alexa Chung, the perennial "It" girl, Instagrammed a selfie wearing a floor-length, persimmon-colored dress of her own design with ruffles at the neck and a darted bodice.
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One floor below, Degas's defiant "Little Dancer," all beiges and bronze browns, but undoubtedly a white child, is mirrored in pose by Yinka Shonibare's life-size mannequin "Girl Ballerina," in colorful tutu, bodice and tights.
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Miguel Angel Huidor's stage versions of Belle's blue dress include a conical bodice with ribbon lacing, a loose-sleeved blouse, and full skirts; the gold ballgown features robe a la française elbow sleeves and panniers.
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With its fainting-couch décor, the Ripped Bodice is an informal meeting place for romance readers, writers and publishers who linger at the store as they peruse titles, work on manuscripts and discuss industry trends.
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The star, who will be honored as the Artist of the Decade, arrived to the red carpet in a glittering green double spaghetti-strap custom Julien Macdonald dress with high-low skirt and draped bodice.
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But come it did, in drawing after drawing of a woman with stick hair and twig fingers, pin-dot eyes and a teacup smile, in a dress with a tiny bodice and an endless skirt.
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Queen Bey dressed in a dark emerald green long-sleeve dress by Alexandre Vauthier that featured a plunging neckline and ruched detail at the bodice, as seen in photos from the wedding provided exclusively to Vogue.
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The multi-time VMAs winner gave everyone whiplash when she hit the carpet in what has to be the most uncomfortable outfit of the night — a second-skin bodysuit featuring a corset-style bodice with cutouts.
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Galia Lahav announced that Beyonce wore a gown from the "Victorian Affinity" collection, which paid homage to Queen Victoria's wedding dress through the corseted bodice, Chantilly lace and the Victorian bustle train details on the gown.
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After Johnson, 25, said "I do" to her new husband, Val Chmerkovskiy, she changed into a timeless white cap-sleeve dress designed by Tony Ward for Kleinfeld Bridal featuring an intricately embellished bodice and tulle skirt.
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The image, which was shared on the Beauty and the Beast Instagram account shows Watson's ebullient Belle clad in a white gown festooned with painted flowers down the bodice and onto the skirt of the gown.
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At the foot of the stairs, you see your first bunny, a broad-shouldered, bleach-blond woman with tanned, muscular arms and an extraordinarily, in fact bizarrely, thin waist cinched into her black satin bunny bodice.
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We have a feeling it's because they're designed by a brand known for its sexy dresses, two-piece sets, and beach-ready jumpsuits — with a fitted bodice and sophisticated flare, these overalls feel anything but juvenile.
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Jessica Chastain also played up those breezy red carpet photo ops in a flapper-esque pastel purple gown featuring a fitted bodice with all over beading that changes into a fully fringed skirt at her thigh.
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"Get Out" actress Allison Williams wore a strapless sequined Armani Prive black gown with a bold orange and silver bodice, while Mandy Moore opted for a black sleeveless halterneck Rosie Assoulin gown with a red sash.
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Lovato played Sara's "bestie forever and ever" Emily Levinson, who showed off her dress for the dance, an emerald green number with puffy sleeves and a sequined bodice, before joining Sara in recreating her favorite emojis.
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First, for her rehearsal dinner she wore an off-the-shoulder Reformation ivory dress with a fitted bodice and slightly flared trumpet skirt (which retails for $278 and is still available to shop — in every size!).
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For the reception, the tennis champ wore a white strapless Versace dress (which Donatella Versace said took 1,500 hours to make) that featured lace and feathers throughout the bodice – and paired perfectly with her fun shoes.
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The Sugarland frontwoman, 45, took the red carpet at ABC's 53rd annual CMA Awards wearing an outfit that was part pantsuit, part gown, featuring a long, pink cape attached to the bodice of the suit jacket.
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Kendall wore an evening gown not all that dissimilar in design from the Ferraris that lined the runway with a bright yellow metallic bodice, a leather halter neck body strap, and a full black tulle skirt.
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But the focus on grim portentousness and rank atmosphere keeps bogging down the story, which needed more attention to achieve the balance it seeks among gothic bodice-ripper, "Heart of Darkness" social tract and corporate thriller.
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The actress, who landed a spot on PEOPLE's 2019 Best Dressed List, wore a custom Vera Wang one shoulder, emerald gown featuring a sheer bodice with a sweetheart neckline and hip-high slit up one side.
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Thompson wore a princess-style gown with a lace bodice, cap-sleeves and full tulle skirt and kept her beauty look classic to match with a low chignon accented with autumnal flowers and a clean makeup look.
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For this collection, she walked the mirrored runway at the Grand Palais in a huge, ruffled baby pink gown featuring a voluminous skirt and sleeves with a corseted bodice, a peter pan collar and a large belt.
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Ciara wore a white lace Cavalli Couture gown featuring bell sleeves, a corset-style bodice and a long train, while Wilson chose a black Giorgio Armani Made-to-Measure tuxedo jacket with tails and a white shirt.
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For the ceremony, Bush chose a period piece apropos burgundy gown from Marchesa, which features a deep-V neckline embellished with lace appliqués throughout the bodice that turn into rows of fringe cascading down the column skirt.
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With its buttoned bodice, tiny waist and full skirt, it epitomized the designer's famous New Look silhouette, which launched in 1947 and was a controversial style post-World War II when fabric was still rationed in Britain.
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Watch Blake Lively Remember the Night Ryan Reynolds Fell for Her And of course, she wowed on the Met Gala red carpet in a custom Versace gown featuring regal embroidery, a bejeweled bodice and a full skirt.
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Plus sleeveless dresses pieced together from half-moon panels of fabric in a graduated cone, so the bodice hugged the torso and the skirt swayed just a little with the walk, engineered to harness the body's resonance.
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When Serena goes into her meeting with the Commanders, she's wearing a variation of the standard Wife dress with lapels on the bodice, so that it looks almost like a suit: very business-like, very quietly powerful.
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Other Gossip: • The fact that Brianna saw Claire's painstaking blue ensemble last season and still chose that rickrack Hobbit bodice (a genius bit of insufficient costuming) was the first red flag about how ill-prepared she was.
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The second dress looks good on her, too, but between the beaded bodice and heavy, straight silk skirt, it reminds me of something a singer might wear to perform at one of the smaller Las Vegas hotels.
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For the first ceremony (which Fuentes described as a "dream") she wore a long-sleeve gown (the bridal trend du jour) which featured sheer, beaded details on the neckline with a fitted bodice and traditional full-ball skirt.
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Dressed in a white dress with a floral bodice and a polka dot skirt, paired with black lace-up pumps, Phillippe poses in the brand's Fall Winter portrait series, holding a sun umbrella in the shoot's staged garden.
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An evening with royalty For the evening State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, Trump stuck with white, and she also kept to a non-UK designer, this time a sleeveless Dior Haute Couture gown with detail on the bodice.
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Court documents obtained by TMZ show that just a few months before the wedding, Seigel-Friedman found that the dress did not fit properly because the bodice and skirt of her custom creation were not the right sizes.
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The creator of earlier works that include the promisingly titled "Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage" and "The Fall & Rise of the Rising Fallen," Banana Bag & Bodice specializes in a style that might be described as feral fey.
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Annie, who is Costner's daughter with ex-wife Cindy Costner, wore the Vicenta gown from Atelier Pronovias' 2016 collection, which featured rebrodé lace appliqué and a tulle bodice, finished off with a flowing mermaid skirt and crepe belt.
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Chopra wore a wedding dress-like gown by Marchesa, featuring a feathered skirt and fitted strapless bodice, as well as over $1 million worth of Tiffany & Co. jewelry (and that's not even including her Tiffany & Co. engagement ring!).
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Ambrosio arrived at The Last Face Cannes premiere screening in an allover beaded lace Zuhair Murad creation featuring a corset bodice with a full skirt and thigh-high slit to show off the matching sheer flare pant underneath.
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Matching parrots and snakes decorate the bodice — perhaps another nod to Blue's twin siblings on the way, considering the Gucci dress she recently wore to the 2017 NBA All-Star game sported two dogs in the same spot.
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From Guillermo del Toro, this lavish love story between a mute cleaning woman, played by Sally Hawkins, and a scaly amphibian man, played by Doug Jones, is part of a grand tradition of human-monster cinematic bodice rippers.
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When Belle steps out of her door in a shift with too-tight sleeves and a blue dress with a slender A-line skirt and a bodice with no visible support or lacing, we know who she is.
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Joan Smalls had a skirt of quivering red roses with stalks sticking out of her bustier, while Anna Cleveland, shrouded in giant silk pink petals, plucked them from her bodice as she made her way down the runway.
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Catherine Holstein of Khaite kicked off Tuesday morning with what were mostly clothes for a night out, like dresses with cutouts on either side of the bodice and animal-printed mini skirts worn with thigh-high leather boots.
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Before the event, paparazzi snapped photos of Parker walking out of her brownstone apartment in the off-the-shoulder, hot-pink Zac Posen confection, composed of billowy sleeves, a form fitting bodice and a full train trailing behind.
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Princess Praline (who will be danced by Sarah Lane, Misty Copeland, and Cassandra Trenary) wears a coral-pink tutu with a candy-striped bodice and a matching skirt dotted with white pom-poms meant to represent sugar sprinkles.
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While the princess' iconic ensemble was more of a traditional ball gown, with its voluminous skirt, structured bodice, and puffed sleeves, we like to think Cinderella be partial to Michele's unconventional — but no less extravagant — approach to formal dressing.
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Take, for example, the UK premiere of A Star Is Born, where Gaga channeled Shakespeare in an archived Alexander McQueen gown from the label's fall 2013 collection, complete with an Elizabethan-inspired lace ruff and a fitted gold bodice.
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Eugenie was the ultimate princess bride in a gown featuring a fitted bodice and full pleated skirt, which was designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, who founded the British-based label Peter Pilotto, in London in 2007.
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And lastly, Petra Nemcova opted for an off-the-shoulder, black tulle Georges Chakra Couture gown with a ruffled skirt and striped embroidered bodice, which she paired with a satin Salvatore Ferragamo clutch and an equally bold red lip.
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And Victoria's Secret Model Shanina Shaik had two wardrobe mishaps when the slit on her glittering strapless dress revealed a little more than she was expecting and the bodice of her strapless design exposed a bit of side boob.
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Yet they also contain sculptural elements: sails made up of small triangles of fabric lashed to supports with string in "Murmurations (Regatta)" (2016) or a whole dress, bodice included, that becomes a confection of interlaced twine in "Murmurations" (2016).
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The 29-year-old Instagrammed a photo of herself and new hubby, David Rooklin, announcing their marriage wearing a very simple, sheer white long-sleeve gown, with a gathered waist, ribbon details on the bodice and long, flowy skirt.
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Founded by Chicagoan sister "proprietresses" Bea and Leah Koch, the Ripped Bodice is the only store in America that specializes in love stories, with everything from Jane Austen classics to euphemistic beach trash to hardcore erotica lining its shelves.
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Ms. Howard's Cassandra — looking like a burned bride in a singed white dress, its bodice twined in twigs (costumes are by Marte Johanne Ekhougen) — brings a spark of vitality, but even that flickers when she speaks of future atrocities.
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The leather harnesses that cross the bodice were made by craftsmen in South Africa so that they appear to be hand-stitched, and the imposing color was chosen to make eight actresses look as bold as 80, she said.
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The photograph, on view at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, is significant because it shows a young Tubman casually seated in a chair wearing an elegant dress with an elaborate bodice and full skirt.
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Hand-wrought from 22-karat gold, the exaggerated forms and scroll motifs of the shoulder-dusting earrings and bodice-length brooch would suit a '60s wild child but they were made to adorn a statue of the Virgin Mary.
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A few months later, at the Met Gala in May, the rapper wore a Thom Browne gown made with a custom bodice that featured 44 carats worth of rubies acting as nipple covers, valued at $250,000, according to Glamour.
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As the stage lights turned on, the singer stood up to reveal her full outfit — a neon pink cape with full sleeves and an embellished orange bodice underneath, teamed with black booties, fishnet tights and a pink choker necklace.
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Thin and wiry, with an unruly pouf of side-swept gray hair and a wisp of mustache, Lam was carrying a wide mix of books that day: breathless political thrillers, bodice-rippers and a handful of dry historical tomes.
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The novel's tone often devolves to the level of the bodice ripper ("It pleases her, how irresistible she is to him") or the mall ("Lee wants to roll her eyes but restrains herself"; reader, I did not restrain myself).
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But because summer is just around the corner, she traded in her black leggings and floor-grazing coats for a white pair with a matching corset, complete with off-the-shoulder flowy sleeves and a truly restrictive cut at the bodice.
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Basically, it's the epitome of a perfect summer dress — the smocked bodice is so easy to wear (Arielle of SomethingNavy sported it while pregnant!), and the ties at the neckline and waist can be tightened or loosened to suit your style.
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The form-fitting design featured a deep V-neck, cap-sleeve bodice made with French lace and hand-stitched embroidery and a silk chiffon skirt with a nearly five-foot-long train, a customized variation of the designer's "Erin" gown.
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Leto, meanwhile, stood to the other side and showed off the decapitated head clutch that was an exact wax-like replica of his own likeness, while wearing a long sleeve silk red gown with diamond encrusted detail along the bodice.
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In 2011, she wore a pale pink lace gown with a keyhole neckline and for her first appearance at only 11 years old, she made her debut in a strapless blue design with embroidery on the bodice and a ruffled skirt.
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Bates and Balka tied the knot in October during a romantic outdoor ceremony overlooking the Tennessee mountains, where the bride wore an A-line, long-sleeve white gown featuring a high-necked lace bodice and flowing skirt with a long train.
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David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock; Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection At the Slack Bay premiere Friday, the L'Oréalista hit the carpet in a pastel Vivienne Westwood Couture ball gown with a tiered ballgown skirt and embellished bodice, plus Christian Louboutin shoes.
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The comedian, 36, wore a timeless white wedding dress by Monique Lhuillier described by the brand as a "re-embroidered lace and tulle A-line gown with a ballet bodice," which was the first (and only!) gown she tried on.
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Metz customized her look with the help of her stylist Penny Lovell and dressmaker Dani Kurrle who shared a sneak peek of the process that included adding black sequin fabric at the waistline and strings of black sequins throughout the bodice.
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She represents a particularly awkward moment in the changing portrayal of women onscreen: She's a careful balancing act between damsel in distress and modern woman of action, a would-be feminist icon who's also a sultry bodice-ripper subjugation fantasy.
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The dress featured three distinct tiers — classic and elegant open lace at the shoulders; tiny flower-shaped clusters of cobalt sequins stacked to create a checked pattern at the bodice; and a high-waisted, embellished, dusty pink lace floral skirt.
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The top half was a bodice, made of layers of translucent tulle, onto which hemispheric pieces of the zinc-plated steel had been stitched, suggesting the traces of sea foam on the body of a swimmer emerging from the waves.
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And in July, at a private Eiffel Tower dinner with President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, in Paris, Pierre designed a red, white and blue dress with embellishments on the bodice meant to represent wheat.
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Consisting of a swirling, silver skirt that rested at the top of my non-existent hips and a cropped, dark blue, velvet top with silver stitching on the bodice, it was the most beautiful piece of clothing I'd ever seen.
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He focused on jersey: an ultralight georgette blend draped across the bodice of a flowing dress worn over a bodysuit, or rendered in print on a shirtdress knotted at one hip or in an archival Pucci print, all undulant squiggles.
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And during Camille and Amma's ride home, "bottle" is written in graffiti on the passing train, an old building is labeled "auto dosage shop," a railroad crossing sign says "dumpling," and "bodice" replaces "police" on the side of Vickery's cop car.
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"Romance novels teach readers that all partners are equal participants in a sexual relationship," said Bea Koch, the 28-year-old co-owner (with her 25-year-old sister, Leah) of the Ripped Bodice, a bookstore in Culver City, Calif.
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Michelle Obama in 2011 wore a white gown with a crossover-strap bodice by American designer Tom Ford to the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, and a black gown by Ralph Lauren the following night to host the royals at Winfield House.
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Also in 2011, Beyoncé shared two photos of gown fittings in the music video for "I Was Here" which showed behind-the-scenes footage of the making of her white strapless sweetheart gown with a curve-hugging bodice, billowing skirt and dramatic train.
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With the light pink satin and form-fitting silhouette of this gown paired with the textured black bodice and black-lined cape, it's the perfect combo of feminine and edgy — and not to mention her platinum hair with this look is everything!
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The star wore a star-print long-sleeve black Vivetta gown with a completely sheer bodice featuring two strategically-placed horse heads over her chest – perhaps the most creative way to cover up we've seen yet (and we've seen some wild ones).
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Halle Berry's Elie Saab dress, worn to the 2002 Oscars when she won best actress, had a sheer bodice with carefully placed floral accents and a voluminous skirt — elements contradictory enough to create a sort of pleasing visual asymmetry on a beautiful person.
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The bodice was made from one piece of lace (DeSanto scoured through "a million pieces" of Chantilly lace to get it just right) and the skirt features silk netting with hand-sewn lace flower appliqués, and goes over a crepe, silk-backed satin.
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The songstress, 29, turned heads in a dramatic black Ralph & Russo Couture gown that featured a blazer bodice with long sleeves, silk bustier and high-low train, which floated across the red carpet as she made her way inside the star-studded soirée.
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Williams wore a custom Vera Wang tulle and geometric lace skirt ball gown with a classic corset detail bodice accented by hand appliqué Chantilly lace at the neckline, and stayed true to her rocker style by pairing it with Doc Marten Jadon Boots.
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The ruched, form-fitting bodice ended in a waist-cinching cummerbund before cascading into a full ball-gown skirt, made even more extravagant with controlled waves of ostrich feathers and crystal embellishment throughout to give the dress that extra pop of sparkle.
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The Italian-born model, known for gracing the covers of countless bodice-ripping romance novels, took the Oath of Allegiance on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center, along with nearly 6,000 others from 140 countries, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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The gown featured a close-fitting buttoned bodice whose seams were re-sewn for concealment before being embroidered with seed pearls descending into a spectacular bell-shaped silk skirt and train supported by three petticoats – each embroidered with small "something blue" bows.
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She then tempered her evening wear apparel with a Madewell denim jacket — a steal at $118, especially when you consider that it's slung casually over a fresh-from-the-runway Jenny Packham lime chiffon gown with sequin and crystal floral embellished bodice.
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For the step and repeat, she wore a floor-grazing, blush-hued dress from the brand with a full, pleated skirt featuring a sheer polka dot tulle overlay embroidered with flowers and a totally sheer sleeveless bodice with similar strategically-placed blossoms.
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Bates and Balka, 23, tied the knot in October during a romantic outdoor ceremony overlooking the Tennessee mountains, where the bride wore an A-line, long-sleeve white gown featuring a high-necked lace bodice and flowing skirt with a long train.
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The singer and American Idol judge, 34, turned heads on the red carpet at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday evening, wearing a strapless bubblegum-pink Balmain Couture gown featuring a sculptural silver-accented bodice and a structured pleated skirt.
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Ms. Ortiz incorporated a dizzying amount of recycled material into the design, including cardboard, crepe paper, soda cans, plastic bottles, an Ikea bag and even a cable stripped out of an iPhone, which was used to lace up the bodice at the back.
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Made of a soft, cozy cotton jersey, with a flattering bodice that cinched, but didn't suffocate, and with a flowing skirt that kissed the floor, the maxi-dress was probably the best thing to happen to summer fashion since deodorant was invented.
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"Readers want books that reflect the world they live in, and they won't settle for a book about a small town where every single person is white," said Leah Koch, co-owner of the romance bookstore the Ripped Bodice in Culver City, Calif.
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Whether viewing a David Bielander silver bracelet soldered in 215 to echo the look of factory-made corrugated cardboard or an outsize 212s bodice ornament of diamond flowers set en tremblant, the gallery collection has delighted visitors of all backgrounds and ages.
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Amid bits of collage and snippets of writing, phallic widgets tumble around her shoulders and bodice; a miniature sword protrudes from her mouth; long pins pierce her temple and forehead; and a short laceration splits the skin at the base of her neck.
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The actress again chose Valentino, a slightly prudish bib-front rose gown, for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and InStyle cocktail party in November, and an ethereal embroidered gown with a surprisingly skimpy bodice at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January.
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Trump wore to the state dinner at Blenheim Palace, with its long flowing sleeves and pleated bodice, which briefly spurred comparisons to Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" (the Disney version) and gave rise to a few lackluster suggestions that perhaps Mrs.
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The "Elevator Pad" dress in particular is iconic of Mizrahi's career as a designer: a gown with a simple, striped tank top-style bodice paired with a hefty skirt fabricated to resemble the same material used to protect elevators from cumbersome furniture.
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Lively gave the religious theme her own high-fashion twist in a custom Versace gown featuring regal embroidery, a bejeweled bodice and a full skirt, and topped the look with a custom-made halo with over 100 carats of nude champagne diamonds by Lorraine Schwartz.
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And it's true that many in the industry — from authors like MacLean to the owners of the Ripped Bodice, a romance bookstore in Los Angeles — are more visibly engaging with hot-button political and social issues within the genre than a year or two ago.
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If Outlander were truly the bodice-ripping titillation aid it's sometimes perceived as, Claire and Jamie would be so overcome with desire on sight of each other that they'd tumble into bed with nary a thought for all that's changed between them over two decades.
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Most outrageous - yet still perfectly in keeping with Oscar chic - was "Pose" star Billy Porter, who wore a black velvet tuxedo gown designed by Christian Siriano, the top a classic tuxedo with a built-in bodice and the bottom a full, dramatic sweep of fabric.
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"At each stage of the process, I would show our progress to the Queen: first the bodice, then the sleeves attached to it, then the skirt with the under-layers on, and finally the completed robe," reveals Kelly, who was born and raised in Liverpool.
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Bush appeared in a royal blue velvet gown with an asymmetric velvet bodice and draped satin skirt by Arnold Scassi (Scaasi being something of her go-to couturier) topped by a triple strand of pearls from Kenneth Jay Lane, the New York costume jeweler.
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During the ceremony the bride wore a custom lace Vera Wang mermaid gown featuring a see-through lace bodice, with a full tulle skirt and cascading train and paired the gown with glitzy Sophia Webster ankle-strap sandals that feature a crystal-accented heel.
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" Witherspoon, who wore a black embellished Giorgio Armani dress with gathered sleeves and beading on the bodice, was welcomed to the stage by designer and activist Diane von Furstenberg who praised the actress for feeling "the power of strong female characters in her bones.
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Black was the never-fail color choice of presenter Julianne Moore, who wore a strappy black Chanel with a corset-like bodice and tulle underskirt, while Jennifer Garner chose Versace in a one-shoulder gown with an elegant panel of satin descending from the hip.
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She was so focused on the type of look she wanted in fact, that she knew her Galia Lahav gown, featuring a lace form-fitting bodice with delicate shoulder straps and opulent mermaid-style skirt, was the one the second she tried it on.
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Specifically, a spaghetti strap couture gown from the brand's January 2005 collection embroidered with cream crystals and waves of small white jet beads with a two-tiered skirt and a dramatic plunging bodice featuring jet and black crystal teardrops and a black satin cummerbund.
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Related: Justin Timberlake to perform at his first Super Bowl since 'Nipplegate' For those who need a refresher, Timberlake ripped off Jackson's bodice and revealed her right breast while the two were performing his hit "Rock Your Body" at the end of the halftime show.
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Overall, while not the easiest introduction to the subject, this monumental work is an essential addition to the library of anyone interested in Russian history and the doomed dynasty of Romanovs, "blood-spattered, gold-plated, diamond-studded, swash-buckled, bodice-ripping and star-crossed."
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And we've broken them down by your moods — from wishing you were on a sunny beach somewhere (then-teenaged Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari on Laguna Beach can help you with that) to wanting to spend your time wading through sexy bodice-rippers (Outlander!
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Grégoire Trudeau wore a royal purple gown with a train and orange detailing on the bodice by the Romanian-Canadian designer Lucian Matis, a regular at Toronto Fashion Week (yes, there is one, and it takes place next week and in the fall). Mrs.
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" The first bridal dress he ever designed was a strapless chiffon number with a lace appliqué bodice and cascading fabric down the back: "I think it was for a friend I went to college with, and she was getting married at the Bellagio in Vegas!
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Wearing a dress with colourful tulle and a skeleton bodice—a move that looks very deliberate, showing us her "insides"—Bjork, accompanied by a full band, belts out tracks like "Oceania", "Army of Me", and "All Is Full of Love" to name a few.
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She also wore a white gown with a beaded bodice and embellished draped sleeves as she danced with Jopling, and later posed outside the reception venue in a curve-hugging long-sleeve white mini dress with white collar and sheer sculptural cape-like appliqué.
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I hope the next person to answer talks about the pleasures of reading and how every book counts, that whether you love the tough classic from the canon or graphic novels or even bodice rippers, you, too, are a member of the reading family.
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But subtlety was in short supply, really, a few guests aside: Danai Gurira, in top hat, cane (there were a lot of canes) and plunging jumpsuit by Gabriela Hearst; Zoë Kravitz in a black Saint Laurent with a completely cutout heart at the bodice.
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Vying with Beyonce for all three top awards - album, song and record of the year - was Adele, who wrapped herself in a long-sleeved, lichen green, sparkling Givenchy gown that crossed the bodice, in one of the more modest looks on the red carpet.
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Clive Owen is Walter Raleigh, her "favorite smoldering slab of man meat," Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times, calling the film "an overripe melodrama that's by turns a bodice-ripper, a cloak-and-dagger thriller and a serious-minded historical drama with dubious contemporary overtones."
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More unexpected picks with Ms. Erlanger included an offbeat (perhaps dated?) Stella McCartney strapless black bodice with sheer skirt design for the Critics' Choice Awards last month, and a winning gold sequined tunic and pants by Monse at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in November.
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Everything in the picture — her pale bodice set against the blue of the dress, the fingers of her right hand gently holding, yet clearly flaunting, the rosary on her left wrist — is anchored by the clarity in those eyes and the openness of her expression.
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The Devious Maids actress stepped out Thursday evening to co-host the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, setting the red carpet aflame in a one-shoulder, body-hugging black gown featuring cut-outs throughout the bodice and a trumpet skirt.
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The reality star made sure to take a break from the star-studded evening to respond to West on Twitter after he shared a photo of her in the night's sultry outfit: a custom chainmail Versace dress in gold featuring crosses embroidered on the bodice and hip.
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Not only does this maillot feature ultra-flattering diagonal paneling along the bodice that enhances your waist and sucks your tummy in, but it also has a super-sexy cut-out back and trendy one-shoulder silhouette — and yes, even with one shoulder it's totally supportive!
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Wool being one of the most inventive fabrics out there, it's a competition that, like the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, has the power to influence the industry at-large and put a brand, even a once little-known Chanel or almost-famous Bodice, on the map.
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At the time (23 years ago!), the royal, who is married to King Carl XVI Gustaf, paired her outfit with the Queen Sofia's Tiara, the same diamond sparkler that she wore with an elegant emerald green gown with a lace bodice and sleeves for Monday's event.
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And here's a fun(fetti) fact about the looks that Siriano whipped up for this weekend's wedding: The bodice of Morelli's outfit looks a lot like the top of OITNB star Laura Prepon's custom Christian Siriano gown that the actress wore to the Emmy's in 2015.
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This Georgia-born writer's series "Six Feet Under," after all, was a dark comedy about a diversely dysfunctional funeral home family, while his "True Blood," based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries novels by Charlaine Harris, combined elements of fantasy, horror, bodice-ripping ardor and — why not?
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I emerged from the dressing room of Inchee Tape in a drapey, silk gown with a crochet bodice and ambled around the couch where he sat with his phone, pretending to check ESPN but actually snapping half a dozen photos, only one of which was serviceable.
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Turner, 23, who is nominated in the outstanding supporting actress in a drama series category for her role in Game of Thrones, hit the red carpet at the Emmys wearing a blush Louis Vuitton gown with a structured bodice, slit up the front and belted waist.
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Instead of turning to her go-to label Givenchy (which she wore on her first solo outing with the Queen, to the Royal Ascot and on her wedding day), Meghan wore a light pink cap-sleeve midi dress with double-breasted belted bodice and chic buttons by Prada.
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Dressed in a holiday-inspired dress that featured a high-neck transparent mesh bodice and literally sparkled, the pop superstar paid a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday to talk all things Christmas (including her new album) and treat the studio audience to a special seasonal performance.
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Its comeback began on the spring 2015 runways: A satin bodice at Jean Paul Gaultier and a gilded sacred heart bustier at Dolce & Gabbana were unsurprising, but my eyebrows shot up at the sight of the "French bodies" at Givenchy, reportedly inspired by traditional folk clothes from northern Italy.
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The singer (and one of the night's honorees) arrived to the charity event wearing a show-stopping body-skimming powder blue gown with flared hem, which featured a bow-adorned bodice surrounded by oversize feathers and tulle appliqués that made her a sure-fire stand-out on the carpet.
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Into this slightly surreal vista strode a procession of three queens, all in the same regal ensemble: an ornate, gold bodice from which crimson fabric flowed, topped with a voluminous golden cape, and, most notably, a sturdy, jewel-encrusted crown—a considerable upgrade from the tiara of yesteryear.
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In August, she arrived at the MTV Video Music Awards wearing a skin-tight, bubblegum pink, latex jumpsuit featuring a corset-style bodice and cleavage cutouts — which she paired with a sparkly choker, cross necklace, layers of bangles, plus orange and pink pumps to complete her bold look.
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The Shallows star arrived at the event wearing a blindingly bright neon yellow gown from Oscar de la Renta's Fall/Winter 2017 collection, featuring a strapless peaked neckline that framed her cleavage with ruching throughout the bodice all gathered on the left side above a thigh-high slit.
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In the very first episode of Ashley Graham's brand-new podcast, Pretty Big Deal, the 37-year-old reality star and mom of three recalled the stunning gold custom chainmail Versace dress featuring crosses embroidered on the bodice and hip, which she wore to the 2018 Met Gala in May.
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As she prepares to take to the sky and says goodbye to Tyrion, we see her looking every part the queen that she really is in a white-ish gray armor-like fur coat with a high-neck, exaggerated shoulders, sleek bodice, and piping that somehow mimic a dragon's skin.
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Romance Bookstore Even when he's playing the straight man — in this case, the exasperated owner of a romance-themed bookstore who has to deal with his employee and her stock boy acting out their bodice-ripper fantasies at work — Thompson manages to be the funniest one in the sketch. 15.
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The 22-year-old actress and recently announced face of the Lancôme Idôle fragrance looked stunning on Wednesday as she attended the launch of the new scent in Paris, wearing a pink gown featuring a thigh-high slit, plunging neckline, pleated skirt and intricate gold bead work along the bodice.
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While the star paired the dress with a pair of black pumps the first time around, she styled the design to look a bit more casual for Schumer's Malibu wedding bash by opting for a pair of black wedges, unbuttoning the bodice and adding a simple black choker and heart necklace.
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The Moon enters fearless Fire sign Aries at 3:08 AM. People are feeling brave today, and the vibe is very fantastical, with romantic Venus connecting with whimsical Neptune at 9:53 AM. Whether you're the knight in shining armor or the princess in the tower, expect some bodice ripping today.
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Within seconds of the Euphoria star stepping out onto the red carpet, the Internet erupted with fireball emojis and prayer hands for the actress, who selected a stunning custom Vera Wang one shoulder, emerald gown featuring a sheer bodice with a sweetheart neckline and hip-high slit up one side.
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Both Beyoncé and Kardashian West dressed to impress for the soirée with the singer, 38, opting for a dramatic strapless black gown with a waist-high slit, while the Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality star, 39, chose a yellow off-the-shoulder Vivienne Westwood gown with a corset-style bodice.
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In case you needed yet another reminder of how hot Jennifer Lopez is (or a reminder of how she continues to defy her age at 46) the singer-slash-actress-slash-dancer-slash-designer-slash-life-goals-ambassador hit the NBC Upfronts in a tiny white dress with an impressively complicated bodice.
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The dress Heather wore for the affair was a custom creation from luxury bridal wear company Nektaria, featuring a fishtail skirt with a long train embroidered on the ends, lace detailing all-over the fitted bodice, a sweetheart neckline, and a flowing tulle cape cinched at the neck with an ornate sequined clasp.
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For her ceremony on the beach, the bride went barefoot as she walked down the aisle in a flowing Berta gown — complete with a cleavage-baring, lace bodice and high slit — and at the altar, she and Evans exchanged David Yurman rings (a diamond "Love" band for her, black titanium for him).
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Ostrich and crocodile outerwear mixed with tissue-thin ribbed cotton and crinkled cotton raffia; evening gowns in chintz linen (there was a lot of discreet cross-fertilization going on) were given a twist at the bodice or waist and bound with leather straps and tuxedos in iridescent silk lay easy on the frame.
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And in 1965, when she became the first British head of state to visit Germany after World War II, she wore a turquoise organza silk gown by the tailor Hardy Amies, who used silver thread and beading for embroidery across the bodice inspired by the Rococo interiors of the Schloss Brühl palaces.
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Avon and Harlequin, two of the biggest romance publishers, have both taken modest steps to publish more diverse books, but despite those efforts, their lists remain overwhelmingly white: Books by minority writers made up less than 4 percent of Avon's list and around 7 percent of Harlequin's list, according to the Ripped Bodice.
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In that one small, sturdy leather gripsack she managed to pack an astonishing array of items, including a silk bodice, three veils, a pair of slippers, a toiletry set, an inkstand, pens, paper, needles and thread, a dressing gown, a tennis blazer, a flask and drinking cup, several changes of underwear and handkerchiefs.
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On the more wearable end of the spectrum, the star wore an Elie Saab mini with a velvet heart on the bodice and Casadei heels to light up the Empire State Building, and attended a Target event for her album in a strong-shouldered red polka-dot dress with sheer tights and red heels.
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It was something of a shock to learn that the supposedly dignified independent counsel — who was once on a shortlist for the Supreme Court — had delivered a 445-page bodice ripper, a trite story of an office affair in all its seamy particulars, told with such sanctimony that it was redolent of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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If you lived in New York in the years after "Evita" arrived on Broadway in 1979, or for that matter in Argentina at any time since 1949, you know the dress: a white strapless ball gown, fairy-dusted with spangles, fitted like a bandage at the bodice and billowing into a parade float below.
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For the Super Bowl of fashion, Selena opted for a runway look from Louis Vuitton's Fall 2016 collection that was specially adapted for the pop star with the addition of a whole lot of sequins all over the skirt and across the neckline which was given a tougher vibe thanks to a black leather bodice overlay.
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Madonna has been prepping her entire career for this Catholic-themed red carpet and channeled an "Immaculate Goth Queen," (says her stylist Eyob Yohannes) in her black Jean Paul Gaultier ball gown featuring a fitted bodice and a sheer cross cutout, a full ball skirt, black veil, cross-adorned crown and black flower in her hand.
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For those who might want a more subtle look, Janay Andrews (or Janay A), a wedding dress designer from Kansas City who had a booth at the expo, makes custom wedding dresses out of hemp that can be indistinguishable from a traditional gown, though she was just commissioned to make a dress incorporating a bodice of beaded weed leaves.
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Then she changed into a flirty-meets-sexy black LBD featuring a full skirt and cutout bodice by Adam Lippes, plus Casadei cage heels to attend the annual FFANY Shoes on Sale Gala and its Designer Shoe Salon, which supported FFANY's Breast Cancer Awareness fundraising efforts and to tease QVC's giant shoe sale happening this week.
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The 36-year-old chose a traditional white wedding dress by Monique Lhuillier described by the brand as a "re-embroidered lace and tulle A-line gown with ballet bodice" that was both elegant and appropriate for the relaxed vibe of the venue – and it was also the very first (and only!) dress she tried on.
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Barely covered was Olivia Wilde - the bodice of her Valentino dress was little more than two narrow vertical panels - while the Givenchy gown of Rooney Mara, nominated for supporting actress in "Carol," was considered by fashion watchers as the most avant-garde of the night with its dramatic side split and cut-out diamond at the midriff.
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Written and updated by Andrew Davies -- whose credits include "Bridget Jones's Diary" and four direct Austen adaptations, among them the 1990s TV version of "Pride and Prejudice" -- "Sanditon" transforms the writer's 11-chapter fragment, written shortly before her death in 1817, into a full-blooded drama, with bodice-ripping, blackmail and even a bout of nude swimming.
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His style favors successive tremors of bile and animus, often crudely rhymed so as to suggest doggerel or ad copy: I'm looking at a video of my goddess, One of a library of videos of love I have— Her performing for the iPad, bursting out of her bodice, And entering my eyes with some sort of sex salve.
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Visitors can compare it with a 88883 British evening dress of cut velvet, twill and organdy; a 1995 Yohji Yamamoto dress with a black bodice and red and gold brocade skirt; a 1991 strapless black silk taffeta Commes des Garçons Noir dress with a hand-painted skirt; and kimono-influenced designs from Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford.
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The costume for Princess Tea Flower (danced by Stella Abrera, Gillian Murphy, Isabella Boylston, and Hee Seo) is more elaborate, in that it reproduces the shape of the tea flower in a realistic fashion: The skirt has rows of olive-green leaves punctuated with blossoms, while the bodice comes with petals that are hand-painted, bedazzled, and face upward.
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A month after Jackson checked into a treatment facility to improve her "emotional health," the 7413-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson shone at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in an elegant peach gown with a scoop neckline, fitted bodice and wrap skirt, draped with a high slit up the leg and a long train.
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Some of it was wearable (pristine white shirts wrapped like a warm-up sweater, with a dark ribbon at the waist and ribs; pleated schoolgirl skirts and exacting navy coats), and some of it less so (a nude suede dress with draped spaghetti-strap bodice, the skirt sliced into studded ribbons to play with, and expose, the legs; a crinoline tutu).
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With salacious glee, and with a visibly uncomfortable Ms. Abrams beside him, Mr. Colbert read a sex scene from her novel "Reckless" on TV. She writes bodice rippers, was the joke, which played into layer upon layer of prejudice against women writers, women readers, women's pleasure and women's stories, especially when those stories are by, and about, women of color.
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Look No. 2, which Ferragni wore for the reception, was also a ballgown — though this one was a sleeveless off-white dress with custom embroidery including lyrics from the song Lucia wrote to propose and various symbols that have significance to the couple (like an image of a Lion for the couple's son, monograms made of their initials, a heart on the bodice, and more).
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"She is wearing the customary bodice of an elite woman of the period, but the front-lacing of her gown has been loosened, and her hands seem to be resting on her stomach, a detail that is more explicit in the full-length depiction of her in the family group," Ms. Hearn said, adding that women of this period probably simply adapted their clothes to accommodate their pregnancies, rather than having specific garments made.
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She hit the red carpet in a skintight black lace Reem Acra micromini, which contained multiple design elements including lace cap sleeves, sheer embellished long sleeves, a crocheted bodice, a romper bottom with shredded short-shorts, a long sheer train and cutout knee-high peep-toe boots by Schutz (a celebrity fave style!) To complement the over-the-top ensemble, Brit went for voluminous wavy blonde tresses, a super-dark smoky eye and pale, pale pink lip.
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Though Mr. Gaultier has recently seemed to lean heavily on the pop culture riff, this time the source material led him to his most restrained collection in years, in multiple shades of green and brown: satin body-skimming jumpsuits and silk gowns marked by cedar whorls; lush cashmere cardigans belted and trimmed in fur over leather pencil skirts; wood-nymph evening dresses and a strapless showstopper with a black velvet bodice and silver jacquard body strafed with pines under a matching opera coat.
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Also on the best-dressed list, though in a more classical mode: Emma Stone, in star-strewn blush-pink (pink was a trend) Valentino, metaphor obvious but still undeniably enchanting; Brie Larson, in strapless red Rodarte with a draped and beaded bodice, matching lips and Veronica Lake hair; Natalie Portman, in '60s-inspired chartreuse Prada maternity gown, a little "Jackie," but not too much; and Viola Davis in sunshine yellow one-shouldered sequined Michael Kors, so bright she gave off her own light.
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