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Recent Examples of mikado
For brides drawn to the cleaner, portrait‑style elegance seen in Sperling’s wedding gown, Wickstead offered parallel lines in Italian duchesse and silk mikado with off‑the‑shoulder necklines, elongated torsos and linear trains.
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Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
3 July 2026
One such element was a silk mikado ball skirt attached to an off-the-shoulder top that, when unpinned, transformed the garment from a gown to a jumpsuit finished with pearls and crystals.
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Sadiba Hasan Maansi Srivastava,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2024
Brides can choose from mikado and stretch satin mermaid, column and A-line silhouettes with a variety of necklines including sweetheart, cowl and off-the-shoulder.
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Erin Clack,
Peoplemag,
12 Mar. 2024
Black mikado with tiers of fabric flounces, the look delivered enough drama to compete with the spectacle on-screen.
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Janelle Okwodu,
Vogue,
6 Sep. 2021
Gordon is squatting in the middle of the room in front of a strapless, white guipure-lace frock with black silk-mikado trim.
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Chloe Malle,
WSJ,
6 Dec. 2018
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
3 July 2026
One such element was a silk mikado ball skirt attached to an off-the-shoulder top that, when unpinned, transformed the garment from a gown to a jumpsuit finished with pearls and crystals.
—
Sadiba Hasan Maansi Srivastava,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2024
Brides can choose from mikado and stretch satin mermaid, column and A-line silhouettes with a variety of necklines including sweetheart, cowl and off-the-shoulder.
—
Erin Clack,
Peoplemag,
12 Mar. 2024
Black mikado with tiers of fabric flounces, the look delivered enough drama to compete with the spectacle on-screen.
—
Janelle Okwodu,
Vogue,
6 Sep. 2021
Gordon is squatting in the middle of the room in front of a strapless, white guipure-lace frock with black silk-mikado trim.
—
Chloe Malle,
WSJ,
6 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mikado
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Brass is best-known for his 1979 feature Caligula, an erotic period epic about the notorious Roman emperor, adapted from a screenplay written by Gore Vidal and starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud.
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Even the richest emperors of the past did not have the ability to satisfy their whims that is now possessed by any student in Chicago or Berlin or Kinshasa.
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The two estranged princes – now fathers and husbands – have only seen one another a handful of times in the last four years.
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During his stay from July 7 to 11, the prince will carry out a series of charity engagements, and kick off the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games.
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The princess took to Instagram to celebrate her husband, Jack Brooksbank, on the special day.
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Her white cable knit Alexander McQueen frock first appeared in 2011, while the princess was visiting Canada, per Marie Claire UK.
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It was commissioned by Catherine the Great by 1787 as a companion to another work owned by the Russian empress, Servius Tullius as a Child Asleep beneath the Miraculous Flame (1783–85).
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The empress returns to her chambers to weep, only to be strangled by a eunuch under the noble consort’s orders.
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In the course of human events — at the courts of tsars, sultans, kaisers, shahs and the like — fealty has usually trumped expertise.
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King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.
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The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
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They were welcomed by Oman’s foreign minister at the airport and are set to meet with Oman’s sultan for discussions.
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The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
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The Goodnight Suite is the crème de la crème of the property spanning almost 2,000 square feet and featuring a living room, dining room, and a bedroom with a king size bed.
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Resting options include double bunk beds in back and queen bed with bamboo mattress up front.
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Get a king for the price of a queen, or a queen for the price of a twin, plus a free adjustable base during the sale.
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“Mikado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mikado. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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