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Chishti spent years pouring her passion into the recently published "Saris of India - Tradition and Beyond," a majestic encyclopedia of the sari, with meticulously researched styles from the off-shoulder tribal style worn in fishing villages of Kerala to the between-the-legs sari worn during traditional Odissi dance performances.
Reinvention of the sari brings a comeback on catwalks, at cocktail parties Emily Wax 2010
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Wisps of her hair fell out of their place in her bun, a strap of her sexy skin-dress hung off-shoulder, and lipstick stained her pearly white teeth.
Sin in Soul's Kitchen Andrew Oye 2009
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And the women in their long but off-shoulder and often surprisingly low-cut gowns — well, if the daytime dress of the eighties tended to be drab, these women made up for it tonight.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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It was what she was wearing—a short, tight black leather mini skirt and a flimsy white silk off-shoulder blouse that revealed more than just the top of her full bosom.
Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992
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It was what she was wearing—a short, tight black leather mini skirt and a flimsy white silk off-shoulder blouse that revealed more than just the top of her full bosom.
Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992
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Jack's bullet broke the rhino's off-shoulder; that of Charlie tore into her throat.
The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney
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But the poor animal had not fared so well as its master, and its off-shoulder was either put out or dreadfully sprained.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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But the poor animal had not fared so well as its master, and its off-shoulder was either put out or dreadfully sprained.
Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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And Sheila's, well …. she's still got that off-shoulder stylin 'thing going on.
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Wear them in the off-shoulder trend, everything is going to make you look beautiful.
Style Guru triveni 2010
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