Sentence examples for stiff fabric from inspiring English sources

Not only in the lengths, which saw a miniskirt sandwiched between a long panel of stiff fabric at the front and a medium-length panel at the back.

The Ibrahim brothers dangle too much, and can lose the puck, but they also regularly astonish by weaving ornamentally through the stiff fabric of the opposition.

A gesture of his, a word, a laugh had liberating virtues, were a hole in the stiff fabric of the Lager. . . .

The catch-and-release sensibility of the collection that used jackets and skirts, riveted together from stiff fabric, triple-wide leather belts and articulated over-the-knee boots as counterpoint to the fluid pants and draped dresses was beautifully done.

But Patches wore out so regularly that she turned the job over to me, and oh, the terrible mends I imposed on him: ragged stitches, an attempt at an iron-on patch, giant swaths of stiff fabric that covered multiple squares.

Scratching an itch can be a part of experiencing a mosquito-infested bog, or experienced as an annoyance caused by the stiff fabric label sewn on the inside of a new shirt collar.

The stiff fabrics virtually said Faubourg St.-Honoré.

That collection included a number of heavy coats with curved backs and stiff fabrics that many editors deemed unwearable.

Shot from celebrity and historical figures in wax museums, Mr. Sugimoto's precise black-and-white portraits render sallow wax as believable skin and turn fake jewels and stiff fabrics into luxe authenticity.

The collection itself was on the bulky side, with stiff fabrics standing away from the body and a focus on geometric shapes — so a sleeve would push out into a point just above the wrist, a collar would act like a shelf rising up to cover the bottom half of a face, or a slim skirt would expand into soft draping down one side.

Whereas they were dressed in cotton, Simon wore wool, stiff fabrics, satins and silk.