How to Use gabardine in a Sentence

gabardine

noun

• This tweed and gabardine trench melds to the body and feels like a fresh take on your go-to trench.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2022
• Out comes a funky Narciso Rodriguez skirt, some kind of gabardine with a zip up the front.
  — Phoebe Eaton, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Feb. 2010
• Some of the materials used for the new pieces switched, with that trench now in gabardine, not leather.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
• The gabardine-like dash-and door accents, the pica-thin metal accents.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
• She was joined by her long-time boyfriend Cordae, who rocked a khaki-colored gabardine trench coat by Coach.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 14 Sep. 2021
• The clothes look nothing like body armor: The trench coat, for example, is a beltless, full-length number with a slim line, made of gabardine and Kevlar.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 July 2004
• As well as on the slash neck jumper in black chunky wool and cashmere knit with crystal dove embroidery and pleated peg trousers in black wool gabardine.
  — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• Holland opted for a custom Prada ebony silk gabardine suit with a white poplin shirt and black re-nylon tie.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2021
• And the cotton gabardine construction will stay looking polished and keep things cool.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2023
• The double gabardine trench elongates with the detail of embroidery.
  — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• The actor, who is also styled by Roach, went for a classic look in a custom Prada silk gabardine suit with a white poplin shirt and black re-nylon tie.
  — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2021
• The first New York location shows off the coastal range with surfboards and sand dunes playing background to playful gabardine beachwear.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 4 June 2021
• Up close, her fabrications are enchanting: Most pieces in the store that come in chiffon, gabardine or cotton poplin also come in tulle in the same cut.
  — Katherine Bernard, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2017
• That almost Rousseauian ideal came through via relaxed silhouettes, like a patchwork trench, an oversize car coat cut in soft fawn and deep fern green gabardine, and wide-leg trousers split at the seams.
  — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Jan. 2022
• The blazers also worked over beaded cocktail slips, and for a wonderfully streamlined evening suit in black stretch gabardine with a narrow slit skirt.
  — Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 12 Sep. 2017
• Scott’s favorite piece this season is a Western shirt rendered in Japanese wool gabardine with a dry hand and beautiful drape.
  — Alexander Freeling, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2022
• Worn with silk jabot blouses over latex leggings and rendered in Prince of Wales check, houndstooth, gabardine and wool tweeds, the palette ranges from pale rose and powder blue to crimson and electric violet.
  — Lindsay Talbot, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020
• In Milan and Paris, moderate temps allowed for showcasing spring looks in their purest form—knitwear with open-toed shoes, blazers with bare legs, and best of all, spring jackets in every fabric from tweed to gabardine.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2022
• Sumptuous baggy pants in wool gabardine had a touch of masculine class with two pleats structuring the material, capped with stylish sandals in calf leather.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2017
• People do try to outdo each other with their horsehide motorcycle find or their reversible gabardine jacket find.
  — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 13 Mar. 2018
• His coats were light, breathable, and flexible, though not perfectly waterproof: A cotton gabardine caught in a severe downpour will still start to absorb water.
  — Marc Bain, Quartzy, 31 Oct. 2019
• What creates this versatility is the suit fabric itself—soft wool, lightly brushed and less formal than traditional gabardine.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017
• The 19-piece assortment includes playful yet sophisticated crewneck jumpers, cardigans, vests and cargo pants made from cotton gabardine.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2022
• He’s credited with inventing gabardine, a tightly woven waterproof wool, circa 1879.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2022
• Made in Yorkshire, England, from shower-resistant cotton gabardine, the Burberry’s Kensington mid-length trench is the perfect length to wear in both formal and off-duty settings.
  — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024