In his brocade jackets and frilled shirts, the womanizing actor was derided in Italian newspapers as "the world's oldest hippie."

Quilted velvet or pale brocade jackets were paired with paisley-printed or solid-colored satin or velvet pants.

Cropped brocade jackets were matched with khaki pants almost palazzolike in their width.

Attired in full court dress-a ruffled lace shirt, waistcoat, heavy brocade jacket, silk stockings, and buckle shoes-Glyndwr arrived at the palace carrying only his violin.

In a Versailles bed-chamber, attended by dressmaker's dummies in brocade jackets and periwigs, she found Nina.

She wore a long sleeveless black shift, black satin pumps with straps, and had a floral brocade jacket over her arm.

Evening is more fragmented, but velvet trousers and brocade jackets made a coherent statement.

Yves Saint Laurent went further, strewing 26 bejeweled flower-shaped pins all over a glistening brocade jacket.

Mr. LeRoy was a big man who in his earlier years as a man about town favored elaborate brocade jackets.

A floral brocade jacket had shell necklaces (the most evocative accessories of the season) wound around the scoop neck; feathers pierced the models' hair.