There are also decorative pillows of every shape, size, and fabric, as well as chenille throws, matelasse coverlets, silk charmeuse duvet covers, towels, and bathroom hardware and fixtures.
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The mattress word at that time in Europe usually meant a padded under-blanket, " a quilt to lie upon " . [ http : / / dictionary . com / browse / matelasse
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They included a long gold brocade mandarin coat over a narrow black satin dress, satin jackets cut with a luxurious fullness and richly textured matelasse robes over printed dresses, all evincing a strong Eastern influence.
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There's even a dressy black matelasse jacket paired with a pleated tulle skirt that easily could be mistaken for a dinner suit from Oscar de la Renta, which is quite surprising on planet Sui.
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So I kept the Garnet Hill coverlet and the gathered $ 82 cotton bedskirt ( which Elizabeth deemed to have " a better beige " than Marthastewart . com's $ 120 matelasse bedskirt ).
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De la Renta, at least, showed a more confident hand, creating a Moorish backdrop for gold matelasse jeans and jackets that sparkled with uptown rightness and those fantasy numbers he does with a kind of coy self-referencing.
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He opened the show with zip-front pleated satin jackets in orange, turquoise and emerald over black satin wide-leg pants, and he moved on to full-skirted dresses with slight trains in back and sparkly black matelasse numbers.
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Beads and embroidery, baggy denims, stripes, toile du Jouy, abstract print chiffons and organzas, Northwest Coast-style masks, minis, maxis, a matelasse coat straight from the 1950s, a supergraphic-print from the'60s, puffed sleeves, bare backs _ you name it, it's there.
