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The second reel has a stationary camera positioned inside the beach house bathroom watching Sugar and America’s character make their toilettes.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

In place of the gorgeous toilettes and magnificent uniforms worn in the Tsar's time, men and women came in street dress, a few in evening clothes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sure, but this gets at an essential problem: while women have a long history of elaborate toilettes, men are still getting the hang of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

So she stood, blonde: blonde and black; a little sombre amid the warmth and light of other toilettes; and, for unique relief, two diamonds in her ears, like dewdrops.

From Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel by Couperus, Louis

As I sat and looked, I could not help noticing the extraordinary magnificence of all the toilettes in the promenade.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant