Sentence examples for gown size from inspiring English sources

He smiled as Mr. Aviles did a pirouette in his purple lame gown (size 8), showing off cleanly shaven legs, slim hips and stiletto pumps.

In the nook called Oprah's Closet you can buy her hand-me-downs, sizes 8 to 16. Hanging in the armoire when I visited: a jaunty Charles Nolan floral knee-length skirt, size 10 ($220); a taffeta Vera Wang gown, size 14 ($325); and a long cream-colored Armani silk dress with side slit, size 12 ($275).

Another wedding gown, a size 8 from 1982, was valued at $1,000 when it was bought.

[cartoon id= a17804"] Samsa found a dressing gown his size in the closet of the largest room.

Everyone got in the swing, from Oscar de la Renta with his teacup skirts to Zac Posen with a raffia ball gown the size of a hut.

She gave me a hospital gown in size XXXXXL.

A slightly darker shade of coral, the City Palace is an Aladdin's cave of treasures, bejewelled daggers and pistols or ornate gowns the size of tents for some of the more portly princes.

And so, just like drag queens, clever actresses like Jennifer Lawrence know that they're posturing when they show up on the red carpet in ball gowns the size of zeppelins, their hair swept into up-dos.

It's still hard to find a princess gown in my size, but we decided to make our own.

The gown was 10 sizes too big, but the owner assured me it could be fitted and cleaned.

A beautifully draped and flowing life-size gown of translucent cast glass, by Karen LaMonte, suggests the "two skins" that define the human body, the natural and the cultural one of clothing.