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  • Menswear label Bustle showed their glamourous chops in the final slot, appropriately taking the audience "behind the velvet ropes" before the industry got ready to party for a job well done.

    Edmonton Sun 2010

  • Thus, Madam, I rubb'd on, in the midst of Noise and Bustle, which is every where to be found in London; but Quiet and Retreat scarce any where.

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Philip went on to Broadstone, Guy said he could not go to bed by daylight, called Bustle, and went to the river to bathe, and the rest crept upstairs to their rooms.

    The Heir of Redclyffe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Charlotte had been coming back alone from a visit to grandmamma, and going down a path out of the direct way to recall Bustle, who had run on, she said, as if he scented mischief, came, to her great astonishment, on Eveleen walking arm-in-arm with Mr. Fielder!

    The Heir of Redclyffe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Very early next morning Guy put his head into his tutor's room, announced that he must walk into St. Mildred's on business, but should be back by eleven at the latest, ran down-stairs, called Bustle, and made interest with the farmer's wife for a hunch of dry bread and a cup of new milk.

    The Heir of Redclyffe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • He marveled as he watched a car from California called the Bustle Bomb come flying through at 150 mph.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • He marveled as he watched a car from California called the Bustle Bomb come flying through at 150 mph.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • "Bustle," I said, blushing so you could have touched a match to my face.

    How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 1878

  • Tons of designers participated in this fun and upbeat show like Bustle, Red Canoe, Lipson, Christopher Bates, 1921 Jeans and more.

    Marissa Bronfman: Toronto Fashion Week: Fun Fashion and Glamorous Garb Rules the Runway Marissa Bronfman 2010

  • Usually a late-in-the-week player and perennial crowd pleaser, this season Bustle chose to close LG Fashion Week's opening night with their signature rowdy antics, strategically deployed to detract from the fact that the clothes are quite frankly, a bore.

    Marissa Bronfman: Toronto Springs Into Fashion Week Marissa Bronfman 2010

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