How to Use paillette in a Sentence

paillette

noun
  • It was made of silver paillettes that adorned the body with studded leather sleeves.
    Kate Young, Vogue, 17 May 2018
  • Even gold paillette gowns were juxtaposed with stompy black lace-up platforms.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Altuzarra’s mermaid-like paillette dresses that jingled their way to close out the show.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Pattern clashed with print and paillettes — polka dot with florals and stripes with leopard spots — but the easy shapes kept it in line.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2017
  • But when breaking the paillette mold, embrace vibrant hues like deep purple, red, and garnet.
    Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Some of the dresses were covered with metallic paillettes for a looks that are nighttime chic, yet clearly meant to be worn in the day.
    Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The women strutted and danced as their dresses billowed in the evening air and paillettes twinkled in the spotlights.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Johnson’s dress employed a trompe l’oeil effect in the form of an oversize bow on her left hip that was furnished with twinkling paillettes.
    Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2018
  • So for the film’s premiere the actress dressed as matinee idol in a vibrant and glamorous dress of reflective paillettes by Armani Privé.
    Vogue, 27 May 2019
  • The adornment was little, but there was character in Halston’s swirling batik treatments or the aquatic glisten of an uncolored sequin paillette.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 14 May 2021
  • Unfortunately the sheer weight of the paillette embroidering did not always cut the most flattering of shapes on some of the tights, all be them finely executed.
    Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Jan. 2022
  • And there were intarsia farm scenes in furs, coats dripping fringe made of mother-of-pearl buttons instead of paillettes, and a wedding nondress finale featuring a bride in a short black puffer coat with a long black puffer train.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2017
  • For its Fall 2013 Artisanal show, the studio team decked it out with flower paillettes to echo the floral arrangements on tops and dresses.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2018
  • Social Media Loves Shine In one of the closer races, sequins and paillettes beat out scarf dressing with a narrow 53 percent win.
    Vogue, 18 Dec. 2018
  • The turtleneck gown featured exaggerated sleeves and a train — with sequins and paillettes all over for a dramatic look fitting of her character in the film, Birdie Jay.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Switching into a rainbow paillette–covered dress from Attico post-show, Perry continued her pattern of upbeat fashions.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The high-shine silver paillette design, featuring a low neck and short hem that Khloé wore on stage, was first spotted on her older sister, Kourtney Kardashian, one year prior.
    Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • With thousands of gold paillettes covering the tight georgette gown, Harris brought the drama and even managed to overshadow the towering set pieces and props that filled the Microsoft Theatre.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2018
  • His paillette flats from 2015 became one of fashion’s most recognizable shoes, recurring season after season in exuberant new textures and materials.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The Lebanese designer reimagined traditional Chinese drawings through embroideries with sequins, paillettes and sparkle that depicted fauna and flora; elements, the house said, that represent powerful protective spirits in Eastern legend.
    Washington Post, 3 July 2019

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