She had a dismal, forbidding appearance, constantly grimacing and wearing nothing but dark, somber dresses.

Next comes an 80-year-old woman, in a somber gray dress and a long pink scarf.

Mrs. Lezander had shed her overcoat, and beneath it she wore a somber gray dress.

There are a few variants - winter flowers in gray and beige tones for somber dresses shown with shearling coats, wonderful knitted tunics or cardigans.

Simon watched the nobles in their rich, somber dress with resent- ful fascination.

She wore somber black dresses and sensible shoes.

Despite their somber dress, the Krann couple was chatting animatedly and, obviously, laughing at something one of them had just said.

Those attending the service were told to avoid somber dress and dark colors.

There are even a few strictly Orthodox students, in somber dark dress, who had, until recently, never considered Brandeis because it was seen as insufficiently Jewish.

The cover of Saks Fifth Avenue's fall catalogue is a somber high-necked dress by Ms. Karan, accessorized with a cross.