As for the dress itself: It was beautiful, elegant, timeless white satin, with a soft, blooming skirt with a 2-meter train, and lace applique on the top.

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On the album produced by mandolinist David Harvey, bluegrass stars from Harley Allen, Tim O'Brien, and Alison Krauss to Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haynie are called on to interpret "Your Wildest Dreams, " "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band, " and "Nights in White Satin, " among others.

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Next day, near the Notre Dame Cathedral (I was beginning to blame the Frenchies for all this), there were dozens of Christmas-card sellers vying for space with bridal couples in absurd white satin dresses and morning suits, who had just been married during the auspicious festive season and were posing interminably for photographs.

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Today the portrait shows a young woman dressed in a white and gold satin dress, her dark hair cascading in ringlets past her shoulders.

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In the northeastern Bosnian village of Zivinice, the walls of Edina Bukvic's wedding dress rental shop are festooned with frilly white lace and shiny satin gowns.

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Now she's dressed in a white jacket and a form-fitting purple satin skirt.

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At Chocheng, where Lebenthal has shopped for clothes for several evening events, her favorites included satin evening gowns and a black-and-white pepper tweed pantsuit, which she singled out as perfect for the office.

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Elvis helped design a 12-pound, blue-satin lined garment, to open and reveal a red, white and blue studded eagle.

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Her offerings include a plum-colored halter dress covered in satin flowers, a more tailored dress in black wool with more sharply cut flowers, and a white sheer man-tailored shirt paired with black evening shorts and a full-cut long black coat.

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