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The youngest daughter of Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin followed up last year's prom-bat boots (get it) by sporting a pair of Converse with her cherry-red spaghetti strap prom dress, as seen in a photo posted by her mom.—Lindy Segal, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026 Capri Pants Capri pants, which had a moment in the 1950s and ’60s, and then again in the late ’90s and early 2000s, are one of those weird garments that shouldn’t work but somehow just do–especially with a little low-rise heel and a spaghetti strap top.—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026 According to Merriam Webster, some of the words recorded in print for the first time in 1972 include: animatronic, beer pong, bird flu, habanero, garage band, glam rock, lowrider, page-turner, sound bite, spaghetti strap, veggie burger, women's studies and yard sale.—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026 In the iconic teen movie, Rachael Leigh Cook plays a nerdy girl who, in one scene, undergoes a makeover and rocks a red spaghetti strap minidress with a brown bob.—Meg Walters, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spaghetti strap