evening dress

noun

: an evening gown

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Taylor-Joy, clad in a timeless black evening dress, visits iconic New York locations, including Brooklyn Bridge and Tiffany & Co.’s storied Fifth Avenue store. Fairchild Studio, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024 Depp, for her part, channeled her inner leading lady in a dove-gray evening dress with delicate silver embellishments along the neckline and empire waist, look 85 from Chanel’s fall 1995 couture collection. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024 Tickets were priced from £10 to £25 and evening dress was obligatory (for Elton this meant blue track trousers and a red jacket embroidered with white piano keys). Mick Brown, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024 Others showed up in business suits and evening dress. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024 Ellen’s most prominent evening dress is indigo with lilacs embroidered and beaded on the front and on the sleeves. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024 Bri can’t find her black evening dress, which brings her to tears. Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024 The Versace dress Lively wore, a one-shoulder evening dress crafted in georgette with all-over embroidery and shades of pastels, is a nice complement to Lively’s method dressing on the current press tour for the film. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024 Her black tulle evening dress was embroidered with an impressionist landscape of micro-florals. Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 July 2024

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“Evening dress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evening%20dress. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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