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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • And Sheila's, well …. she's still got that off-shoulder stylin 'thing going on.

    Multichannel News: Cable Operators 2010

  • Wear them in the off-shoulder trend, everything is going to make you look beautiful.

    Style Guru triveni 2010

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