The 16ft-long (4.9m) silk velvet and ermine robe is the centrepiece of the Dress for Excess exhibition at the Royal Pavilion, opening on Saturday.

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She plans to slip away from the table and don a long beard, flowing robe, hooded cloak and sandals.

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Down the long hallway of the home I could see the newly widowed Coretta, clad in a rose pink nightgown and robe.

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The patient was lying blindfolded on her back, wearing a long, flowery robe.

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In 2008, following a long debate among judges, he modelled a simplified judicial robe which is now in official use in the civil courts.

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The archbishop, known in the Orthodox faith as a Metropolitan, is a tall man, with a long flowing white beard and dressed in a robe of black silk.

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