Sentence examples for classic garment from inspiring English sources

Catherine Wales, a designer trained in classic garment cutting at Yves Saint Laurent and Emanuel Ungaro, is currently exhibiting a collection of masks, corsets and helmets at the Arnhem Mode Biennale in the Netherlands.

Thus, its construction and various design elements endure, not as stylistic choices of one particular decade, but as symbols of the open road and the various subcultural groups who have since adopted the jacket," says Helm of the classic garment, which – like denim, or fine wine – just gets better with age.

Olivia Wilde's red look proved that expert tailoring can turn a dress from blah to brilliant, while Naomi Watts' ensemble was a great example of the marriage between a classic garment and a fashion-forward trend.

Vanessa Bruno is a good label for unusual but classic garments.

8. Get on the best-dressed list by choosing classic garments and fashion-forward accessories.

Vintage dealers worry that this co-opting of the term by mainstream retailers as a branding tool for new clothes is diluting its power as a longtime moniker for classic garments created at least a generation ago.

And in revolt against the good taste and elegance of my mother's clothes, I wore tops that were too tight, skirts too short, sometimes classic garments but often with a last minute touch of sluttiness, buttons left unbuttoned, zips not zipped.

Like blue jeans, it is a classic American garment that has been reinterpreted by virtually every major fashion designer and brand: from avant-garde weirdos like Rick Owens to traditionalists like Ralph Lauren to no-name companies that supply cheap and inferior versions to big-box stores.

These have been transformed into capes, those classic protective garments from comics and folk tales.

The Costume Institute owned some classic punk garments, acquired in 2006 when Bolton persuaded the Met's trustees to buy the collection of an English post-punk rocker known as Adam Ant.

A decision to simplify the variety of trenchcoats on offer helped boost sales of the company's classic British-made garment, along with Scottish-made scarves, which can now be monogrammed via online order for £75 on top of the £335 retail price.