millinery

noun

mil·li·nery ˈmi-lə-ˌner-ē

: women's apparel for the head

: the business or work of a milliner

Example Sentences

a shop that sells millinery

Recent Examples on the Web An array of diverse classes range from costume design for dance and millinery to scenography and designing for the camera. —

Cathy Whitlock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023 The Queen was really the patron saint of millinery. —

Stephen Jones, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2022 Friday is Opening Day at the track, featuring the famous Hat Contest (noon-3 p.m.), a showcase of gravity-defying millinery, and the return of race caller Trevor Denman. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022 The tradition of wearing fanciful millinery with colorful dresses and suits dates back to the origins of the Kentucky Derby itself. —

Michael Solomon, Forbes, 7 May 2022 The sun is shining, and the Windsors are resplendent in their glinting medals and millinery. —

Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2022 Her traditional Jane Taylor millinery was put on ice as the Duchess became an Alice headband influencer in her own right. —

Alice Newbold, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2022 The hotel uses the family millinery Bellino Fine Linens from Italy. —

Felicity Carter, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021 Costume designer Gabriela Tylesova has a serious budget and an absolute field day with the sisters (sneering Georgina Castle and Laura Baldwin), and with the succession of ravishingly preposterous costumes and millinery for the stepmother. —

David Benedict, Variety, 19 Aug. 2021 See More

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