sack dress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sack dress
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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One entitled “Performance,” meant to be evergreen, and defined by classic couture tropes — the sack dress, the cold-shoulder top — remixed and regurgitated in the everyday uniform of his borderless land.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
Always seemingly sweat-resistant, Keaton wore her signature black fedora with a gold-flecked Comme des Garcons sack dress and black turtleneck sweater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2015
She also had smart-looking wool trousers and a little cap-sleeve sack dress that other designers might worry was too plain.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2011
Sir: One of the factors that has contributed to the recession is the effort by dress manufacturers to sell American women on the sack dress.
From Time Magazine Archive
Notice her sack dress over a satin dress, and the white, elaborately made skirt.
From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton
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