glide [glaId], enrapture [In'rxptSq], bridal [braIdl]

And then Natasha glided into the salon wearing an evening gown, number eighty-nine, called "Temptation." Mrs. Harris had just a fleeting instant in which to note the enraptured expression on the face of the young man by the door before he turned away quickly, as though that was what he had come for, and then it was all up with her. She was lost, dazzled, blinded, overwhelmed by the beauty of the creation. This was IT! Thereafter there were yet to come further stunning examples of evening gowns until the traditional appearance of the bridal costume brought the show to a close, but the char saw none of them. Her choice was made. Feverish excitement accelerated her heartbeat. Desire coursed like fire in her veins.

"Temptation (искушение)" was a black velvet gown (было черным бархатным платьем), floor-length (длиной до пола), encrusted halfway from the bottom up (покрытое частично от низа вверх) with a unique design (уникальным рисунком) picked out in beads of jet (вышитым бусинами черного янтаря) that gave to the skirt weight and movement (которые придавали юбке тяжесть и подвижность). The top was a froth of cream (верх был пеной кремового), delicate pink and white chiffon (изысканно розового и белого шифона), tulle and lace (тюля и кружев) from which arose the ivory shoulders and neck (из которых возвышались цвета слоновой кости плечи и шея; to arise — подниматься; возникать, появляться) and dreamy-eyed dark head of Natasha (и голова Наташи с мечтательными глазами).

length [leNT], encrusted [In'krAstId], unique [ju:'ni:k]

"Temptation" was a black velvet gown, floor-length, encrusted halfway from the bottom up with a unique design picked out in beads of jet that gave to the skirt weight and movement. The top was a froth of cream, delicate pink and white chiffon, tulle and lace from which arose the ivory shoulders and neck and dreamy-eyed dark head of Natasha.

Rarely had a creation been better named (редко модель была названа лучше). The wearer appeared like Venus arising from the pearly sea (владелица = надевшая это платье появлялась, как Венера из жемчужного моря), and likewise she presented (и также она являла собой) the seductive figure of a woman (обольстительную фигуру женщины) emerging from tousled bedclothes (показывающуюся из сбившегося в беспорядке белья; tousled — растрепанный, взъерошенный). Never had the upper portion of the female form been more alluringly framed (никогда не была верхняя часть женской фигуры более пленительно обрамлена; to allure — вовлекать, впутывать; завлекать; очаровывать, пленять).

The salon burst into spontaneous applause (салон взорвался невольными аплодисментами; spontaneous — спонтанный; непосредственный, непринужденный; стихийный; неподготовленный) at Natasha's appearance (при появлении Наташи) and the clacking of Mrs.