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Recent Examples of marquisetteThe bodice had an off-the-shoulder decollete, while the shoulder-length puffed sleeves were of silk marquisette.—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 22 Feb. 2018
Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
Her pink tulle dress is quite the showstopper, but any pink dress will do (though the fluffier the better).
Maintaining positive ties with South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung would continue the lattice-like foreign policy encouraged by Washington, one that favors multilateral cooperation among like-minded nations over bilateral dependence.
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Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
The faith in order and proportion embodied in the Alhambra, the romance of modernity caught in the Eiffel Tower’s lattice of iron—these are not ideas imposed on buildings but ideals that the buildings themselves express, more lastingly than words can.
Brooches These beautiful pins, frequently adorned with sparkling rhinestones, intricate enameling, or delicate filigree, were a staple in our grandmothers' jewelry boxes.
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Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
There are a few digital filigrees and subtones added by the experimental pop wizard A. G. Cook.
Mesh networks—named for their fishnet-like connections—emerged over the past few decades from rigorous, mathematical research on keeping data flowing even when portions of a system fail.
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Margo Anderson,
IEEE Spectrum,
19 Oct. 2025
Another innovative problem solver was using control for fishnet pantyhose.
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