formalwear

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Dressed in all-white formalwear, the band took care to show how much compositional rigor went into this album’s laid-back feeling.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Among the guests wearing suits, kimono and other formalwear were people who had won awards for their own poems.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Pannun is best known for his video messages shared on social media, often described as threatening towards Indian leaders and the government, mostly pictured in dark formalwear and white-bearded.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

When Ms. Quant started her first boutique, Bazaar, in 1955, British fashion shops were often staid and demure, catering to high-end clients in search of high-end formalwear.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

It is her mother, Missus Walters, looking even frailer than usual in her formalwear.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett