How to Use strass in a Sentence

strass

noun
  • Its striped handle was finished with enamel and black strass.
    Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Lively's vintage Chanel red patent leather strass buckle heels completed the look.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The shoes feature an upper that’s fully decorated with shiny, strass details in a silver and gray color palette.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The straps on the sandals are decorated with a delicate strass detail all over, which adds to the already sparkly, high-shine metallic leather effect of the heels.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The shoes retail for $945 and are available in tan, and are also offered in a variety of styles and designs like an embellished strass version.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Rosalie Strass version comes in black suede overlaid with Jet strass, and is available in black and rose pink for $1,395.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Swift wore the mule-style beige leather sandal with a floral Dôen dress, bringing a lighter summer read to a shoe run that has moved quickly through glossy slingbacks, strass mules and minimalist black sandals.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
  • Known as the Floraine style, the sandal’s slender straps at the foot and the brand’s signature sinuous ankle strap resembling a snake are embellished with crystal strass and adorned with floral appliqués, which also sparkle with crystals.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Most of the space is dimly lit, with spotlights that accentuate Thomas’s signature strass ornamentation—liberally applied not only to the outlines of her Black female figures, but also to their ruby-red lips, lustrous hair, the lines between their toes, and the surrounding decorative patterns.
    Amy Verner, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Mia Goth put the focus on the heel at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, pairing a custom Dior dress with Roger Vivier’s black satin strass sandals in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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