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The dancers wore ceremonial headdresses.
most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress
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The outfits get smaller, the headdresses get bigger, and the accessories get wilder.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2024
The feathered headdress once worn by Aztec emperor Moctezuma II resides in Vienna.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Roberts' category was presented by Cher, wearing her iconic Bob Mackie ensemble complete with feather headdress.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
At the hunt, we are finally treated to the owl headdress the show has been previewing in season images for months.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2024
The feathered headdress once worn by Aztec emperor Moctezuma II resides in Vienna.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Roberts' category was presented by Cher, wearing her iconic Bob Mackie ensemble complete with feather headdress.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
At the hunt, we are finally treated to the owl headdress the show has been previewing in season images for months.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Headdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headdress. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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headdress
noun
head·dress
ˈhed-ˌdres 
: a covering or ornament for the head
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