ball gown

noun

: a long dress that is worn to large formal parties for dancing

Examples of ball gown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web See All the Glamorous Looks from Last Night's Super-Starry Fashion Trust Awards in L.A. Blair recently attended Vanity Fair’s Oscars afterparty on March 10, wearing a coral pink Sebastian Gunawan corset ball gown with a center cutout revealing the bow-like bustier. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 Lara wore a Vera Wang ball gown for the ceremony and a drop-waist corset gown for the reception and accessorized with diamond earrings from the Ivanka Trump Collection. Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024 Notable items included a dress worn by Drew Barrymore in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), the Christian Dior ball gown worn by Madonna in Evita (1996) and the costume worn by ​​Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes (2009). Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024 On the opposite end of the spectrum is a costume from the same production: Madonna’s bright red Dior ball gown. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024 No rosy-colored garments, no haute couture ball gown. Leah Dolan, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024 But, more significantly, the dolls presented actual renditions of couture—not twee dolly clothes, but grand ball gowns, skirt suits, and day dresses presenting a vision of how the post-war woman would dress. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024 On the second floor of Arnaud’s restaurant, the Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum has a small but well-curated collection of ball gowns and traditional costumes on view for free. Lanee Lee, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 The daring design included a long-sleeve knotted crop top and a voluminous ball gown skirt adorned with bows. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024

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“Ball gown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20gown. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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