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What (who) is evening dress - definition

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Evening wear; Eveningwear; Evening dress (disambiguation); Evening attire; Evening attire (disambiguation); Evening Attire; Evening Dress

evening dress         
(evening dresses)
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Evening dress consists of the formal clothes that people wear to formal occasions in the evening.
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An evening dress is a special dress, usually a long one, that a woman wears to a formal occasion in the evening.
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Evening gown         
  • White cotton gown, ca. 1804-05
  • Lavender evening gown by Irish designer [[Sybil Connolly]] from c. 1970
WOMAN'S DRESS USUALLY WORN TO A SEMI-FORMAL OR FORMAL AFFAIR
Evening Gown; Evening skirt; Evening gowns
An evening gown, evening dress or gown is a long dress usually worn at formal occasions. The drop ranges from ballerina (mid-calf to just above the ankles), tea (above the ankles), to full-length.
menage         
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Menage; Tenue de soiree; Tenue de Soirée; Tenue de Soiree; Ménage
[me?'n?:?]
¦ noun the members of a household.
Origin
ME: from OFr. menage, from mainer 'to stay', influenced by OFr. mesnie 'household', both ult. based on L. manere 'remain'.

Wikipedia

Evening dress

Evening dress, evening attire, or evening wear may refer to:

  • Evening gown or evening dress
  • Full evening dress or white tie, a formal Western dress code
  • Black tie, a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events
  • Evening Attire (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Evening Attire Stakes, an annual Thoroughbred horse race in Queens, New York
Examples of use of evening dress
1. I wore the jacket over jeans, I wore it over a long black evening dress.
2. White is the favorite color in Beymen‘s Spring/Summer 2006 Evening Dress Collection.
3. The display ended with a full evening dress made from translucent pleated white fabric.
4. On another occasion, he spilt semolina over a woman‘s evening dress.
5. Last and prettiest of all is the set piece with evening dress and small children.