1.   He looked gorgeous, dressed in a pink silk gown with a gold-tasselled cord round his waist.

2.   I was sitting upright in a pine coffin high on a Marble pedestal and wearing a delicate silk gown of pure white.

3.   The coast lay strangled in a beige silk gown.

4.   Without ceremony she dropped her silk gown, standing naked but for her briefs and her tattoos, which were all black.

5.   She was imprisoned in a long silk gown, her face pale and rather beautiful, with dark circles around deep, exhausted eyes.

6.   Yesterday he donned white suit and cowboy boots for the service while Lynn sported a white silk wedding gown.

7.   Are you looking at a silk gown or a polyester one?

8.   By night, for the inaugural gala, Mrs. Kennedy dazzled onlookers and photographers alike with a simple, elegant ivory-colored silk gown that accentuated her youthfulness.

9.   Every detail, from lighting fixtures to lounge chairs to the beads on silk gowns, has been reproduced with a fanatic eye for historical accuracy.