The design is simple and devoid of needless frippery. dressed in their most elegant frippery for the big gala at the symphony

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The interior is equally short on frippery, with the emphasis on showing material quality through unembellished metal, wood, and leather. Mike Duff, Car and Driver, "2021 Rolls-Royce Ghost Is a Tasteful Oasis in a Post-Opulent World," 1 Sep. 2020

Iannucci and his co-writer Simon Blackwell fast-forward through the book, tarting it up with cinematic frippery and enlisting their pals to play supporting roles with sitcom shtick. Kyle Smith, National Review, "A Punch in the Dickens," 27 Aug. 2020

The kind of modernism that Loos advocated was spare and austere, highlighting the function of each object or structure rather than concealing it behind layers of frippery. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, "The North American Maximalism of Gigi Hadid and Drake’s Home Design," 5 Aug. 2020

These hooded towels are just extremely cute – this list’s one item of frippery. Emily Gould, New York Times, "The Real Talk Version of Your Baby Registry," 17 Apr. 2020

Then, a more amazing thing: Amy, the youngest of the March girls, who in the novel is a very girly girl, a fan of ribbons and fripperies, is played by Florence Pugh, an Englishwoman with a voice like Marlene Dietrich. Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, "What’s Lost and Gained in a Modern “Little Women”," 7 Feb. 2020

Fashion alone, some dress hanging on a rack, is mindless frippery. Washington Post, "Fashion Week begins, and so does an entire industry’s angst over its very existence," 8 Feb. 2020

Offices have traditionally set aside just 3-4% of floor space for such fripperies. The Economist, "Redesigning the corporate office," 26 Sep. 2019

What wasn’t so predictable — well, c’mon, maybe a little — was that Dion would go for the trappings of nu-pop-hop, EDM and AutoTune frippery, big time, on an album that mourns the loss of her husband. A.d. Amorosi, chicagotribune.com, "Album Review: Celine Dion’s ‘Courage’," 15 Nov. 2019

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