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• n  cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders

• Her father covered her with a shawl and walked her home.
• But very conservativea statement!shawl collar and little black bowtie.
• She ushered in gypsy skirts, embroidered silk blouses and accompanying shawls.

News & Articles

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• Ashwaubenon event to showcase wedding dresses
  The wedding shawl worn by Chief Ashwaubomay's granddaughter will be on display Saturday at the Ashwaubenon Historical Society.
  June 17, 2013 - Green Bay Press-Gazette
• The right to choose a husband
  Like many 18-year-old girls, Shira (Hadas Yaron) is excited about meeting her future husband. See her stalk the supermarket aisles with her mother to take a gander at one of the matchmaker's prospects. (And really, what better place to comparison-shop than the market?) Potential spouse is in the dairy section. Even though he uses his prayer shawl as a handkerchief ("You'll have to do a lot of ...
  June 14, 2013 - Philly.com
• Video: Teen Says Large Breasts Kept Her Away From Prom
  A high school teen is speaking out, claiming that officials told her that her appearance didn’t meet the dress code at prom, ABC News reports. The girl said she was allowed to go to prom but was forced to wear a shawl over her dress. Feeling self conscience, she said she ended up leaving early, ABC News reports.
  June 12, 2013 - The Oklahoman

Quotes

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• Naomi Campbell in San Francisco Chronicle
  Campbell explains, "One my first day I wore a Ralph Lauren coat, a cashmere shawl and Christina Louboutin boots. Christian got 1,200 orders from that day. He wasn't going to make those boots -- now he is."
• Sinclair Lewis in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  The 1,750-foot-tall hill looks out, as Lewis wrote, over a "glorious 20-mile circle of some 50 lakes scattered among fields and pastures, like sequins fallen on an old paisley shawl."
• Omar Abdullah in Indian Express
  Calling the controversy "needless," Abdullah told The Indian Express: "I have done my own finding out about Mr Khan. He has done a lot of work for the revival of the Kani shawl industry in Kashmir which was otherwise a dying craft. If the Government...