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womenswear

womenswear

1 2.8
Clothes made for women, like dresses and coats
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪmɪnzˌwɛr/
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  • As a men's personal style blogger in a sea of womenswear aficionados, I understand firsthand the difficulties of being a guy in this industry.
  • womenswear designer
  • womenswear line

Examples

  • So what should we expect from their upcoming womenswear shows at Dior and Saint Laurent?

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  • I don't know if he will continue to let this sort of quietly rebellious androgyny play a major role in his womenswear collection for Saint Laurent.

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  • "I think that looking forward, there will be a real examination about what defines womenswear and menswear."

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  • The womenswear's leather jacket is absolutely my favorite piece with the silver candy bag.

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  • Wonder is an experience. Tory Burch is an upscale womenswear destination.

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  • Beyond Brera, two other stores in Via Gian Giacomo Mora are worth a visit: one dedicated to womenswear, the other to menswear and home fittings.

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  • Burberry's relevant peer group differs by product category—non-apparel, womenswear, menswear, and childrenswear.

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  • But as Gilt expands its offerings beyond womenswear, selling everything from children's clothes to home décor, to food, and even vacation deals, it is, in a sense, the department store of our generation.

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  • Next fall, Johnson will introduce a womenswear line she describes as "really feminine, but with menswear fabrics."

  • Kaufman was a head designer at Jessica McClintock, a special-occasion womenswear line with a retro flair.

Synonyms

woman's clothing
vswomenswear
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Clothes made for women to wear

includes fashion items and emphasizes pieces designed and made for women

Antonyms

2.9

A word used to talk about clothing for men, often before a noun

How Gendered

womenswear
1 2.8
unisex
5 3.8

Surface Forms

womenswear singular
womenswears plural

Morphology

womenswear = women + wear (transparent) = women + wear

Clear compound of 'women' + 'wear' (possessive apostrophe omitted orthographically), meaning clothing for women.

Etymology

Womenswear is simply the two words women and wear put together. Women means adult females and wear means 'clothing' or 'to put on the body', so womenswear is clothing made for women.