ball gown

noun

: a long dress that is worn to large formal parties for dancing

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Image Givenchy remade for Ms. Trump the famous white sleeveless organdy ball gown with black embroidery that Hepburn wore in the movie, complete with a floating bustlelike overskirt. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 For the pink ball gown Glinda wears during the opening musical sequence, Tazewell designed the silk organza into Fibonacci spiral shapes. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025 Sometimes her looks transformed tennis dresses into sporty ball gowns. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025 Ariana Grande, meanwhile, went full Glinda in her pink Vivienne Westwood tulle ball gown. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ball gown 

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“Ball gown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20gown. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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