grosgrain
noun
gros·grain
ˈgrō-ˌgrān 
: a strong close-woven corded fabric usually of silk or rayon and often with cotton filler compare grogram
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Her outfit stayed inside Browne’s gray suit vocabulary, layering a glen-check blazer with strong shoulders layered over a matching waist panel and pleated detail at the hip, finished with the brand’s red-white-blue grosgrain tab at the hem.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 Feb. 2026
Williams wore a white peak-lapel dinner jacket trimmed in grosgrain, paired with a white silk evening shirt, black evening trousers and a white grosgrain cummerbund, all by Giorgio Armani.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
For the Golden Globes, Williams wore a peak-label dinner jacket trimmed in grograin paired with a white silk evening shirt, black trousers, and a white grosgrain cummerbund.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Cut nine 3-inch-long pieces of ½-inch-wide yellow grosgrain ribbon.
—Janna Oberdorf, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 Feb. 2026
Williams wore a white peak-lapel dinner jacket trimmed in grosgrain, paired with a white silk evening shirt, black evening trousers and a white grosgrain cummerbund, all by Giorgio Armani.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
For the Golden Globes, Williams wore a peak-label dinner jacket trimmed in grograin paired with a white silk evening shirt, black trousers, and a white grosgrain cummerbund.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Cut nine 3-inch-long pieces of ½-inch-wide yellow grosgrain ribbon.
—Janna Oberdorf, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Grosgrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grosgrain. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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