There was worse: the most visible rose, bang opposite the kitchen door, had glamorous blue-gray leaves, tempting scarlet hips, and simple blossoms in an inexcusable knicker pink.
The two other dresses were a glamorous dark-blue long gown and a short, also concert-worthy dress.
At the concert proper, the following night, Yuja wore the glamorous dark-blue gown, and played with delicacy and beauty.
Mrs. Ette got out a picture of Sadie, glamorous in a blue evening shawl and upswept hairdo.
It's not that there is anything especially glamorous about this blue-collar town of 6,000, beyond its picture-postcard landscape and streets lined with handsome clapboard houses.
Looking glamorous in a bright blue gown, Ms. Netrebko threw herself into this song of farewell from a cabaret singer to her fans in Budapest as she embarks on an American tour.
Now first, let's channel the look of the less glamorous Jerrica, who frequently wore blue and worked in an office.
Of all the Chicagos that have appeared on the big screen - a Gotham of tall shadows and low lives, the Blues Brothers' town of rhythm and blues, or the glamorous demi-monde of Al Capone - as the train heads towards the crisp silhouette of the Loop, it is Hughes's vision that rings true.
The exhibit includes gowns worn by Mamie Eisenhower and Barbara Bush (her blue velvet-and-satin glamorous-grandmother gown).
Certainly, it is easy to enjoy the glamorous modesty whereby Penelope Fitzgerald referred to "The Blue Flower" as "a novel of sorts".
