1
: a silk or rayon velvet with lustrous pile flattened in one direction
called also panne velvet
2
: a heavy silk or rayon satin with high luster and waxy smoothness
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Located right outside of town in neighboring Moss Point, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve offers 18,000 acres of pine savannas, salt marshes, bays, bayous, and salt pannes to explore.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Lanvin work hit global audiences when Tilda Swinton won Best Actress for Michael Clayton at the 2008 Academy Awards, wearing Alber’s simple asymmetric fall of black panne velvet that made everyone else on the red carpet look overdressed.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2021
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Lanvin work hit global audiences when Tilda Swinton won Best Actress for Michael Clayton at the 2008 Academy Awards, wearing Alber’s simple asymmetric fall of black panne velvet that made everyone else on the red carpet look overdressed.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2021
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“Panne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panne. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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