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Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.
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Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
Jersey Bond’s closing look was another standout — a large muslin gown that was covered with masking tape for a painterly effect.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
The process continues with making a draft version of the design with muslin, that design being fit on a live model, and edits being made as needed.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The first muslins, about 60, reproduce the most significant of Mr. Dior’s sketches.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
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Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
Jersey Bond’s closing look was another standout — a large muslin gown that was covered with masking tape for a painterly effect.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
The process continues with making a draft version of the design with muslin, that design being fit on a live model, and edits being made as needed.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The first muslins, about 60, reproduce the most significant of Mr. Dior’s sketches.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Muslin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muslin. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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muslin
noun
mus·lin
ˈməz-lən 
: a cotton fabric of plain weave
Etymology
from French mousseline "muslin," derived from Arabic mawṣilī "of Mosul (a city in Iraq)"
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