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Recent Examples of capeletHer third dress of the night was extra special, as her sister, Natali Germanotta, made the teal crepe back satin silk velvet dress with a feather capelet for her.—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 To up the regalness of the ensemble, Halim designed a matching capelet that was also pleated, with a train that drug the floor behind the star.—Mikelle Street, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024 Zoë Saldana Zoë Saldana wears a black Michael Kors Collection skirt with a chainmail capelet created by Cartier and Tyler Ellis clutch.—Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023 Kate wore a Jenny Packham capelet gown covered in gold sequins.—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for capelet
Scott's expertise in embellishment and her ability to execute it in the most chic way prevailed; whether as crystal beading on the cape-style lapel of a jacket, a delicate fur-like fringe in neon green flanking a black dress, or a tubular velvet rope trimming the edges of tank-style pieces.
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Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Not all heroes wear capes, this one wears a red and black suit.
The poncho and the sombrero is something that an authentic indigenous Mexican man or woman is proud of.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
Pride parade and concert attendees Saturday should consider taking an umbrella and a poncho with them just in case, suggested NWS meteorologist Cody Moore, who spoke to IndyStar earlier this week.
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
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Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
From freezer reshuffling to roadside inspections mid-journey to the Smithsonian, the manta’s journey to formal recognition was as dramatic as the discovery itself.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
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Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.
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