gray flannel suit
Example Sentences
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A generic gray flannel suit epitomized the tradition-bound 1950s.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2019
Within decades the shirt had become so universal, as much a uniform of the day as the proverbial gray flannel suit, that the comedian Bob Newhart was riffing on Madison Avenue’s “button-down mind.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2016
When “Mad Men” began, Don was the handsome man in a gray flannel suit who superficially embodied the 1950s ideal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2015
He arrived in a peak-lapel gray flannel suit and wore what looked like a Super Bowl ring.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2014
I didn’t see a man in a gray flannel suit; he was wearing a kilt.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
