Sentence examples for wide linen from inspiring English sources

One of the first to show fuller skirts, he now shifted the volume to shoulders and gave a longer line to fluttery, knee-length skirts in almost mousy garden prints and wide linen trousers sashed with dangling suede belts.

That memory merged with memories of the funeral, a vast affair in a big domed church that had once been a music hall: everyone in white, except for those of us who had come up from the city, and the women wearing pants (those who weren't were provided with wide linen napkins to cover their knees, for the sake of modesty, I suppose).

Fold the 4 centimeter (1.6 in) wide linen strap into 1 centimeter (0.4 in) wide; sew both sides.

Walking down the street is a man dressed in a denim jacket, black trousers - and a wide, white linen scarf wrapped tightly around his neck and falling to cover a third of his front.

He was wearing wide-legged linen trousers, sandals, and a short-sleeved shirt printed with palm trees.

Meanwhile, back in the dressing-room area, a customer decided not to purchase a wide-shouldered navy linen blazer with a grosgrain belt ($710).

The stage space was framed by white linen panels, with the dancers stepping over the floor-wide one and the duet couple (Daniel Madoff and Melissa Toogood) subsiding across it unexpectedly.

The 59-inch-wide polyester, rayon and linen blend was hemmed top and bottom to create this three-yard-long panel, which can be hung on a dowel; $83 a yard at Moss, 146 Greene Street (Houston Street), or (866) 866-6677.

Yesterday, it transformed the public school system into Fantasy Island, and the interim schools chancellor, Harold O. Levy, into Ricardo Montalban, the casual proprietor in linen pants, greeting wide-eyed guests.

The tables are wide and covered in good linen.

They did so inside a cozy, wood-paneled ballroom graced with palm trees and wide tables draped in white linen.