Callot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Hortense Acton, with La Pietra as her lavish stage set, wore her Callot Soeurs gowns to entertain; her parties drew everyone from Gertrude Stein and Sergei Diaghilev to Winston Churchill.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2015
Few dresses made by Callot Soeurs have survived.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2015
But the diversity of the materials Callot Soeurs employed makes them challenging to preserve.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2015
Worth, Doucet, Callot Soeurs, Poiret: the great fashion houses are all represented with gowns and dresses that seem to challenge, in some cases even exceed, the outer limits of craftsmanship.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Some three years spent in this fashion taught Callot less art than skill in the manipulation of his instruments.
From Artists Past and Present Random Studies by Cary, Elisabeth Luther
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