personal attire

Example Sentences

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“Mixing professional and personal attire left workers worse off,” according to a paper the researchers published this past week.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2022

TopCats must leave the stadium to change into their personal attire.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2018

The travellers who have any bed-clothes unroll and arrange them; those who have none, settle themselves as best they may in their personal attire, and lie down, side by side, round the table. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

A singular analogy exists between the personal attire of a period and its written style.

From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander

This bright purplish-red color had become extremely fashionable since its discovery in 1859, and it provided another variation of Mrs. Lincoln’s favorite color, which she indulged in personal attire as well as in room decor.

From White House China of the Lincoln Administration in the Museum of History and Technology by Klapthor, Margaret Brown