formalwear
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of formalwear
Example Sentences
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Dressed in all-white formalwear, the band took care to show how much compositional rigor went into this album’s laid-back feeling.
From Los Angeles Times
Lynch’s double-breasted jacket and necktie almost don’t look like formalwear.
From Los Angeles Times
Her campaign attire, her accessories, her formalwear, her outerwear and especially her shoes.
From Los Angeles Times
Priorities evolve, jacket lengths rise and fall and formalwear is seen less frequently, but attention to detail remains.
From Los Angeles Times
Near the altar, my dad waits for her dressed in a white barong, the traditional formalwear for Filipino men.
From Seattle Times
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