Many of them were exceedingly elaborate, incorporating subtly shaded colours, silk and metallic embroidery threads, and using stitches such as Hungarian, Florentine, tent, cross, long-armed cross, two-sided Italian cross, rice, running, Holbein, Algerian eye and buttonhole stitches.
This artwork includes a variety of styles and often incorporates subtly modified elements from other cultures, an example being the characteristic over-and-under interlacing which arrived in France only in the sixth century, although it was already used by Germanic artists.
We'll report back on this blog, and if there is a clear winner, I will subtly incorporate it into the festival discussion.
The album subtly incorporates elements from 70's power pop and 80's new wave, without relying on self-conscious shtick or coming off sounding like an exercise in nostalgia.
Mr. Curran subtly incorporates the juxtaposition in the music of luminous heart and formal, slightly frivolous mannerism.
What's particularly intriguing about Mr. Ghesquiere's clothes is the way he subtly incorporates references from Balenciaga's styles of the 1940's and 50's.
Chan's diverse output, which includes solo, chamber, choral and orchestral, often subtly incorporates Chinese elements.
Additionally, he subtly incorporates a landscape in the background, but uses darker coloring to show his disdain for the style.