overdress

"I was wearing formal clothing – that taught me not to overdress in hot weather."

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

“It’s just flagrantly obnoxious to overdress in a workplace situation, especially when you’re a junior member,” said Gunn, best known for being a clear-eyed mentor on the fashion-design competition show “Project Runway.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

“The sweetness means it can take an acid nicely,” notes the chef, who instructs his staff to slightly overdress Little Gems because he finds the “juiciness” of the leaves slightly dilutes the dressing.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022

Still, it’s hard to resist the temptation to overdress.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2020

The tighter sleeve was also worn throughout this time, with the overdress and sleeve hanging almost to the ground, which often had a very angular cuff.

From Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers by Hughes, Talbot

As the head of a luxury marketing agency who overdresses, smokes, mocks political correctness and oozes meanness, she is the extreme version of the “Parisienne,” disseminating style and scorn in equal measure.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020

The eight bridesmaids wore dresses of white corded silk, alike in every particular, with overdresses of white illusion, sashes of white silk arranged in a succession of loops from the waist downward, forming graceful drapery.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley

The bride-maids were all dressed in a uniform of white tarletan, trained, with overdresses of the same, rose-colored sashes and bows, and rose wreaths on their heads.

From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

They are maids of the court, who wear rose-pink bodices and overdresses over white.

From Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Mackay, Constance D'Arcy

The first group to enter is the pale-violet group, ladies-in-waiting, who wear pale-violet bodices and overdresses over white.

From Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Mackay, Constance D'Arcy

Or 1989, widely and unfairly remembered as the Worst Oscars Ever, which Schulman, a staff writer for The New Yorker, dissects like a forensic pathologist hovering over an overdressed corpse.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

But many of us are still loyal to sweatpants, and perhaps less inclined to participate in the formal, overdressed dining rituals of our pre-pandemic lives.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2022

However, his costume choices have attracted criticism in the past - including during a 2018 official visit to India, when his extensive range of traditional Indian outfits were mocked as "ridiculously overdressed".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2019

Literary acoustic and piano numbers are gracefully brushed with elegant strings without feeling overdressed.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2018

Obinze looked overdressed, in a thick corduroy jacket, while Kayode wore a T-shirt and jeans.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Doing the most: People made up for the past few years by overdressing in 2022.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

We're overdressing her all the time, which I adore because it's not realistic at all, and we can do it and Darren loves it.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2022

One of the most common errors home cooks make with salad is overdressing it, says Andrew Taylor, a chef and owner of Eventide Oyster Co. in Portland, Maine.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021

Avoid the gruesome pitfalls of overdressing or underdressing.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2012

There is even the danger that the boy will become a fop or a dandy, and that the girl will take to overdressing.

From Your Child: Today and Tomorrow by Gruenberg, Sidonie Matzner