formal dress

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The BBC contacted a range of companies to ask if they had a formal dress code and whether shorts would be acceptable to wear to the office, if styled professionally.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

A festival in Mozart’s picturesque birthplace at the foot of the Austrian Alps, a city that attracts hordes of summer tourists along with well-heeled audiences in formal dress, may not exactly suit L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2024

There are phasers, communicators and tricorders from “Star Trek: The Original Series” from the 1960s, in addition to many costumes, including the formal dress tunic William Shatner wore as “Captain Kirk.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

So, when she accompanied her husband on a business trip to my city this summer and asked to borrow a formal dress for an event, I had no qualms about lending one.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2022

The lot was crowded with people in formal dress: witnesses.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer