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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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With stories occurring nearly 100 years apart, the two titles share an affinity for power dressing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Some new designers at New York Fashion Week redefined power dressing.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2022

Her niece, Sbu Mpungose, told the BBC that Selepe was "very strict… but fair", and loved power dressing.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2020

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

From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2020

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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