1
: a small shiny object (such as a spangle) applied in clusters as a decorative trimming (as on women's clothing)
2
: a trimming made of paillettes
Examples of paillette in a Sentence
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Guayabera-style shirts were embellished with paillette blossoms.
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Guy Trebay, New York Times, 21 June 2023
The dress included pops of sequins and paillettes for pizzazz — perfect for the Great White Way. 21 Audra McDonald Audra McDonald wore a body-hugging blue dress on the 2023 Tony Awards red carpet.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
On the makeshift dance floor’s margins, iridescent streamers and a screen of gold paillettes the size of macarons served as backdrops for attendees to strike their fiercest poses.
—Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
Sheer mermaid gowns and dresses with sinuous three-dimensional florets glimmered with paillettes and tulle.
—Thomas Adamson, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
Page tells me that the spring 2023 runways glistened with sequins, paillettes, and crystal.
—ELLE, 12 Apr. 2023
Every last inch of her gleams: her hair, her eyes, her teeth, the beads and paillettes that shimmer with each hip thrust or arm swing, but, most of all, her skin.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
The dress is laced up the back and covered in scale-like paillettes; Bieber accessorized with diamond ear cuffs and dark silk heels.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2023
The train of black feather-like paillettes elevated the look to luxe.
—Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
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Guy Trebay, New York Times, 21 June 2023
The dress included pops of sequins and paillettes for pizzazz — perfect for the Great White Way. 21 Audra McDonald Audra McDonald wore a body-hugging blue dress on the 2023 Tony Awards red carpet.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
On the makeshift dance floor’s margins, iridescent streamers and a screen of gold paillettes the size of macarons served as backdrops for attendees to strike their fiercest poses.
—Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
Sheer mermaid gowns and dresses with sinuous three-dimensional florets glimmered with paillettes and tulle.
—Thomas Adamson, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
Page tells me that the spring 2023 runways glistened with sequins, paillettes, and crystal.
—ELLE, 12 Apr. 2023
Every last inch of her gleams: her hair, her eyes, her teeth, the beads and paillettes that shimmer with each hip thrust or arm swing, but, most of all, her skin.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
The dress is laced up the back and covered in scale-like paillettes; Bieber accessorized with diamond ear cuffs and dark silk heels.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2023
The train of black feather-like paillettes elevated the look to luxe.
—Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
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“Paillette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paillette. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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