These clothes recall the elegance of a 'departed' [='bygone'] era.
We have come to say goodbye to our dear 'departed' friend.
They left flowers at the graves of 'the departed'.
(..) in creating... a New World Order and a winning strategy in the Cold War. We are part of a New World Order... and as the recently departed Admiral William J. Crowe once said, it's long on new and it's short on order. Walter Isaacson wrote a wonderful book... (..)2009 Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup