man-tailored

American  

[man-tey-lerd] / ˈmænˈteɪ lərd /

adjective

1. (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing.

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Etymology

Origin of man-tailored

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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

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

Now they have: in the gilded salons of Manhattan, London and Paris, the flouncy belles of yesteryear are turning out in man-tailored jackets, fly-front trousers and�saddest of all�the plebeian cravat.

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