Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or being a style of women's clothing tailored after the simple unadorned style of men's suits.
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Examples
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Leslie was wearing those man-tailored suits she loves and Audrey was wearing her crash helmet.
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And comfy man-tailored jackets with matching shorts and pants.
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Savino eyed my dusty blue trousers, man-tailored shirt, and blazer, and did a double take when she noticed my shoulder holster.
7th Heaven Patterson, James 2008
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Savino eyed my dusty blue trousers, man-tailored shirt, and blazer, and did a double take when she noticed my shoulder holster.
7th Heaven Patterson, James 2008
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Off-kilter pleats, unexpectedly placed origami folds, and touches like man-tailored pockets in a gown graced the runway of Vera Wang.
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These ranged from startlingly androgynous, man-tailored jackets and breeches to mile-high pouf coiffures decorated with intricate landscapes and military battle-scenes, and from sweeping, jewel-encrusted gowns with which she upstaged her husband at public appearances to risqué peasant-girl shifts that she sported at her private country retreat.
Caroline Weber: Let Them Eat Lace: Marie Antoinette's Fierce and Fearless Fashion 2008
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It was an attractive mirror of her political message: man-tailored with a dash of pink femininity.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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All the “steamer” style, all the “reefer” style, all the “man-tailored” overcoats will make her look like a great big block.
November 2006 2006
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All the “steamer” style, all the “reefer” style, all the “man-tailored” overcoats will make her look like a great big block.
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And in the last scene she dons a man-tailored coat to go preaching, and suddenly she looks like an apple!
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