[ noun ] a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns <noun.artifact>
Tulle \Tulle\, n. [F.; -- so called from the town of Tulle, in France.] A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
This year finds Barbie characterized as a super star, decked out in a star-encrusted tulle gown as the reigning queen of the fashion doll world.
There was retrospective romance in gold guipure-incrusted jackets with satin skirts, in fitted velvet bodices over full lacquered tulle or lame-flowered skirts, in romantic lace dresses in shades of orange, toast and pearl gray.
Real-life tensions among ballerinas who have incarnated their great predecessors have been more subtly masked and far deadlier than this warfare of pink tulle and moues.
This year finds Barbie characterized as a superstar, decked out in a star-encrusted tulle gown as the reigning queen of the fashion doll world.
He finally wound up in a Dioresque whirl of strapless ball gowns with tulle petticoats, wrapped sable stoles and jackets, plus huge organza bows, and bouquets of lily of the valley _ a favorite at Dior.