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  • noun Plural form of jacquard.

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Examples

  • A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."

    Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011

  • Kurt Wilberding/The Wall Street Journal Their fall collection features jacquards, velvets, and soft leather.

    Proenza Schouler's Textile Adventure 2011

  • A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."

    Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011

  • The fabrics in numerous color schemes—brocades, jacquards and prints that were considered the best of their year—are absorbing.

    Fashion's Eternal Flame Laura Jacobs 2011

  • The evening before, Proenza Schouler used lots of velvets, soft leathers and jacquards, including a jacquard dress of velvet rectangles, with a fold of fabric pulled up across the chest and tugged up at the collarbone by a string.

    A Burst of Lush, Opulent Glamour Ray A. Smith 2011

  • A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."

    Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011

  • A self-described "Missoni junkie," Mr. Jones lauded the family for their designs characterized by a "kaleidoscope of bold hues, zigzags, stripes, waves, flames, geometric patchworks and floral jacquards."

    Mary Hall: The Rodeo Walk of Style Welcomes Iman and Missoni Mary Hall 2011

  • The two then experimented with patterns on the computer then put those patterns on wool jacquards and knits.

    A Duo Clashes for Fashion Ray A. Smith 2011

  • Jean Fouquet and Hans Memling were photographed and woven into jacquards, imprinted on silks, or embroidered onto garments.

    McQueen's Angels and Demons Christina Binkley 2010

  • The royal materials included silk duchesse, gold metal jacquards, brocades, fil coupe satin organzas and silk chiffons, matched with shoes of crocodile skin, the soles hand-carved in gilded wood.

    McQueen's Angels and Demons Christina Binkley 2010

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