man-tailored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of man-tailored
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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But K. D. Lang in a man-tailored suit was something else altogether.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
She can pull off a wrap coat in soft gray cashgora with a silky white charmeuse shirt and man-tailored trousers one day, and a beaded black jumpsuit with a sheer caftan over it the next.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2011
Nearly 400 guests came to an embassy bash last month to meet the ambassador and his petite wife Ho Li-liang, a severely handsome woman in a man-tailored, dark blue suit and glossy black pumps.
From Time Magazine Archive
She also has a weakness for $1,200 South American skunk furs, for man-tailored suits that she designs herself, and other Barbrous whatsits that make fashion's top camp followers whinny for joy.
From Time Magazine Archive
This morning she wore a man-tailored jumper which, Ramsey observed, clashed with the Sirian-archaic furniture.
From Equation of Doom by Vance, Gerald
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