It was easily carried about, especially in the capacious pockets of a gentleman's long-skirted coat of the era, and it sold well.

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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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Men wear dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat and often have long beards and ear locks.

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After Hurricane Katrina forced it to close in 2005, the hotel reopened in 2009, completely renovated with a long walnut bar, elegant tile floor and white coat-wearing wait staff, nodding to the former opulence of old New Orleans.

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The mile-long route takes in Bow Bridge, which is decorated with Richard's coat of arms and features a white boar.

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In his spring collection, Bottega Veneta designer Tomas Maier, who has long imprinted the brand with a classic femininity, crafted sheer cardigans, calf-grazing dresses and a coat in the sort of rose print one might find on the walls of a '50s-era powder room.

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