: a sheer often stiffened silk, rayon, or nylon net used chiefly for veils or ballet costumes
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Stewart Cook/Getty Images Zendaya’s look for the screening combined a black leather blazer, buttoned and tightly fitted, with a flouncy black tulle miniskirt, as if Z was a ballerina with a Harley.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2025
The photo is followed by a few black-and-white shots of their daughter Matilda, who is wearing a tulle dress.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
While cabinetmakers and contractors routinely use a variety of brown wood materials, designers are starting to use the color in organza, tulles and other luxe fabrics, according to Eiseman.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
The party dress features a tulle skirt with bows along the hem.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2025
The photo is followed by a few black-and-white shots of their daughter Matilda, who is wearing a tulle dress.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
While cabinetmakers and contractors routinely use a variety of brown wood materials, designers are starting to use the color in organza, tulles and other luxe fabrics, according to Eiseman.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
The party dress features a tulle skirt with bows along the hem.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Tulle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tulle. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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tulle
noun
: a fine netlike fabric used chiefly for veils, evening dresses, or ballet costumes
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