sack dress

American  

noun

1. a loose, unbelted dress that hangs straight from the shoulder to the hemline.

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Etymology

Origin of sack dress

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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

A belt or brooch can give a sack dress a waist, and a spotted white blouse can emerge from a dye bath utterly transformed as a lustrous red Bordeaux.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2012

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