formalwear

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Their distinctive patchwork jackets “are almost like formalwear,” said Scheidecker, and while most tribal members in Florida now live in modern homes, almost all have chickees built behind or beside them.

From Washington Post

Like many peers, Nordstrom faced a reckoning last year when the pandemic forced temporary lockdowns and shifted consumer fashion tastes away from formalwear and office attire.

From Seattle Times

The costume design category continues to showcase film’s most splendid gowns, dashing formalwear and all things era-appropriate.

From Washington Post

Of course, if the past year has taught us anything, it’s that time and temporal fashion are basically constructs, and working-from-home outfits can also include formalwear — or at the very least elegant loungewear like caftans.

From Seattle Times

The formalwear shop where the groom had rented his tuxedo shuttered suddenly two days before the wedding, after employees were exposed to the coronavirus, setting off a frantic search for a new one.

From Washington Post