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The dancers wore ceremonial headdresses.
most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress
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The ten day adult party is a true Key West creative explosion, featuring a marathon of parties, parades, handmade costumes, headdresses, street fair food, and tropical island energy.
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Known for blending art history with contemporary abstraction, Valdés’ works feature striking motifs such as butterflies, geometric headdresses, and reinterpretations of classic female forms.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This new album art features Swift, 35, in a sparkling headdress featuring jewels in two stars and dramatic makeup.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
An Overachiever for the Underdog When members of the Stop B2H coalition gather in Gilbert’s living room, a computerized display of properties in the path of the project sits on a chair just beneath a portrait of a Native American man in a headdress of fur and bison horns.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Known for blending art history with contemporary abstraction, Valdés’ works feature striking motifs such as butterflies, geometric headdresses, and reinterpretations of classic female forms.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This new album art features Swift, 35, in a sparkling headdress featuring jewels in two stars and dramatic makeup.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
An Overachiever for the Underdog When members of the Stop B2H coalition gather in Gilbert’s living room, a computerized display of properties in the path of the project sits on a chair just beneath a portrait of a Native American man in a headdress of fur and bison horns.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Headdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headdress. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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headdress
noun
head·dress
ˈhed-ˌdres 
: a covering or ornament for the head
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