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
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
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
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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