womenswear
Americannoun
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null women's wear apparel and accessories for women.
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cloth, especially wool or wool-blend fabrics, used for women's tailored garments.
Etymology
Origin of womenswear
First recorded in 1720–30 in spelling womens wear; women + 's 1 + wear
Example Sentences
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Reformation, a fast-growing womenswear retailer, is preparing to go public soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
"We're competing with second-hand clothing, but we can't compete on price," Zia Bett, founder of Kenyan womenswear brand Zia Africa, tells the BBC.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Following an acclaimed first menswear collection in June and a less enthusiastically received first womenswear collection in October, Anderson presented a second, more extravagant menswear collection in the French capital in January.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Jonathan Anderson, creative director of Dior, was named designer of the year, with Grace Wales Bonner taking home British menswear designer of the year Givenchy's creative director Sarah Burton winning the British womenswear designer award.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
Equihua’s trust in herself is what led her from a scholarship at Parsons School of Design to an in-house designer for luxury womenswear brands to leaping headfirst into her own label.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
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