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power dressing

British  

noun

  1. a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"We've all heard the expression power dressing," said Dr Cook.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2025

Little Women dressing is the new power dressing, it seems.

From The Guardian Feb. 12, 2020

See Hollywood's new era of power dressing at the Golden Globes »

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2018

It’s not about power dressing in the old, battering-ram-shoulder sense, but in the sense that when you feel secure and comfortable and protected, you feel stronger.

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2017

He had more dread of arbitrary power dressing itself in the long robe, than even of military power.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery

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