Sentence examples for ladylike design from inspiring English sources

Ladylike design reached a high point in the insouciant, modernized neo-Classicism of Jean-Michel Frank in the 1930's and in Dorothy Draper's Hollywood Baroque of the 1940's.

And the double-breasted design in cashmere -- ladylike, elegant -- from the young designer Wes Gordon will make an all-purpose winter piece, smashing over a cocktail dress or dressed down with jeans.

Designs were prim, ladylike and aimed squarely at the "bon chic, bon genre" demographic, shown to exclusive audiences in small salon presentations.

The long dress was designed to appear ladylike and as a contrast to Tifa Lockhart's miniskirt.

Scott has mixed classic Moschino design codes (biker jackets, ladylike suits, quilted leather and chain trim) with his own sporty, 1980s-era stouchesar touches.

"After decades of opaques being the go-to, the 'naked leg' phenomenon was sparked when Kate Middleton channelled the elegant ladylike look," says Soozie Jenkinson, head of lingerie design at Marks & Spencer.

The word "ladylike" is printed next to the figure.

But in this season of handbags, knee-length skirts and other ladylike looks, Pucci has commissioned Robert Clyde Anderson, a Manhattan illustrator, to design a coterie of mannequins representing the more mature aesthetic of the moment -- highly manicured, blithely self-confident, chin-erect people of the Establishment.

In Paris, designers modernized their approach to ladylike hemlines with skirts hitting just at the calf.

Today, design aficionados are seeing a renewed interest in the hallmarks of ladylike decorating, from toile and damask fabrics to chinoiserie in furniture and accessories, to confectionery colors like lavender, apple green and pink that recall the brothers Adam.

Finally, keep a special particular purpose in manner or behavior, and stay ladylike.