button-down
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Taylor, our cheery guide, met us wearing a short-sleeved button-down shirt and a bow tie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Locke wore an all-black designer outfit, while Connor — dressed in a light blue striped button-down over a white tank and khakis — had traded Nick’s signature floppy hair for designer stubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
You’d think that the night was done by the time he returns to the stage, soaking wet, having discarded the vest he wears over his white button-down shirt.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Again, he's wearing a button-down shirt and too-tight khaki shorts.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
An attendant in black dress pants, a white short-sleeve button down, and a tie asks if I want the $10 or extra bells and whistles $15 wash.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
In one photo, Reba is wearing a black button down, her salt and pepper hair cropped short above her deep-set eyes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Take Nathan Macintosh, an inauspicious-looking blond guy dressed in khaki pants, a white T-shirt and a button down.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
A white, short-sleeved button down top decorated with red poppy flowers screams in the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
Why, why, why do they have to hold the button down forever?
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
